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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Driven by high gas prices and an uncertain economy, Americans are turning to trains and buses to get around in greater numbers than ever before. But the aging transit systems they're riding face an $80 billion maintenance backlog that jeopardizes service just when it's most in demand....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Driven by high gas prices and an uncertain economy, Americans are turning to trains and buses to get around in greater numbers than ever before. But the aging transit systems they're riding face an $80 billion maintenance backlog that jeopardizes service just when it's most in demand....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Driven by high gas prices and an uncertain economy, Americans are turning to trains and buses to get around in greater numbers than ever before. But the aging transit systems they're riding face an $80 billion maintenance backlog that jeopardizes service just when it's most in demand....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 9-year-old boy arrived at school Monday with a grisly story: His mother and sister were dead at their home four blocks away....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More people pull the night shift. Teens text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack red-eye flights....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans accused President Barack Obama of pitting Americans against each other as they moved Monday toward blocking a Democratic attempt in the Senate to impose Obama's "Buffett rule" taxes on the rich. Democrats said it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly....

LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane flying from Britain to Florida returned to Gatwick Airport for an emergency landing Monday, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate the plane using slides. Fifteen people were taken to the hospital with injuries, ambulance officials said....

LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane flying from Britain to Florida returned to Gatwick Airport for an emergency landing Monday, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate the plane using slides. Fifteen people were taken to the hospital with injuries, ambulance officials said....

LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane flying from Britain to Florida returned to Gatwick Airport for an emergency landing Monday, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate the plane using slides. Fifteen people were taken to the hospital with injuries, ambulance officials said....

LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane flying from Britain to Florida returned to Gatwick Airport for an emergency landing Monday, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate the plane using slides. Fifteen people were taken to the hospital with injuries, ambulance officials said....

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said....

PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said....

PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts....

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Two former guerrilla leaders vied for East Timor's presidency Monday, each hoping to help steer the region's newest and poorest nation after U.N. peacekeeping troops begin their planned withdrawal later this year....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans accused President Barack Obama of pitting Americans against each other as they moved Monday toward blocking a Democratic attempt in the Senate to impose Obama's "Buffett rule" taxes on the rich. Democrats said it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly....