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Drowning deaths raise toll from Kan. storms to 5

Published April 29, 2009

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) âÄî The death toll from days of heavy rain in Kansas rose to five Wednesday when authorities found the bodies of two people in a car submerged in a flooded creek. A 26-year-old...

UW-Eau Claire cancels study abroad program

Published April 28, 2009

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) âÄî The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has canceled its study abroad program to Mexico because of swine flu. Karl Markgraf, the director of the Center for International...

NW Fla. college president is ousted by trustees

Published April 28, 2009

NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) âÄî Northwest Florida State College trustees have voted to return $310,000 funneled to the school by indicted House Speaker Ray Sansom, but with a caveat. The trustees said...

2 Calif. deaths investigated for swine flu links

Published April 28, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) âÄî The Los Angeles County coroner's office on Tuesday was investigating the recent deaths of two men for links to swine flu. If confirmed, the cases would be the first swine flu...

Big Ten universities look to raise tuition

Published April 28, 2009

Some may use stimulus money to keep tuition hikes low.

NYPD officers plead not guilty to rape charges

Published April 28, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî Two New York City police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, burglary and evidence tampering in connection with an attack on a Manhattan woman. Officers Kenneth...

Ind. reports Notre Dame student with swine flu

Published April 28, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) âÄî Indiana's first confirmed case of swine flu is a student at the University of Notre Dame, state health officials said Tuesday afternoon. State Health Commissioner Judy Monroe...

2 hospitalized in NYC with suspected swine flu

Published April 28, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says two people are hospitalized with suspected swine flu. City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden also said Tuesday that "many hundreds" of schoolchildren...

Pat Robertson to retire from US college post

Published April 28, 2009

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) âÄî Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson plans to retire next summer as president of Regent University, the private Christian college he founded in 1978, the school said...

Sailor sues over safety of pirated Maersk Alabama

Published April 27, 2009

Richard E. Hicks alleges in the suit that owner Maersk Line Limited and Waterman Steamship Corp., which provided the crew, ignored requests to improve safety measures for vessels sailing along the Somali coast.