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2nd Oklahoma town to have young student-mayor

Published April 13, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) âÄî A second Oklahoma college student will have to split his time running to classes and running a town. Oklahoma State University junior Nathan Bates was sworn in Monday as...

No salmonella found in New York pistachio plant

Published April 10, 2009

New York officials said Friday they found no trace of salmonella in a Long Island nut processing plant whose sister company sparked a vast nationwide recall of pistachios last week.

Man gets death for California yacht murders

Published April 10, 2009

A man convicted of murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California was sentenced to death Friday.

Reported tornadoes kill 2 in central Tenn.

Published April 10, 2009

Officials with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency say a reported tornado has killed two people and injured 30 in the central part of the state.

Economy may contribute to rise in family violence

Published April 10, 2009

Some hospitals report seeing more than twice as many shaken babies as a year ago. Deaths from domestic violence have increased sharply in some areas.

Boston hospital performs face transplant

Published April 10, 2009

A Boston hospital has performed the nation's second partial face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a freak accident.

Shipping company says captain is unharmed

Published April 9, 2009

The shipping company Maersk says the captain being held by pirates off the coast of Africa has made contact with the Navy and the crew of his ship and so far is unharmed.

3 slain Pittsburgh officers remembered as heroes

Published April 9, 2009

At a memorial service attended by 10,000 people Thursday, each was remembered as a hero, someone who found his calling in uniform and carrying out the motto: To protect and serve.

Murder charge dismissed in Ala. baby death

Published April 9, 2009

The autopsy of an Alabama baby was so badly botched a judge dismissed a murder charge against the mother Thursday.

Teens arrested in shooting plot at Colorado school

Published April 9, 2009

Two teens arrested in New Mexico on suspicion of burglary and theft had planned a shooting spree at a rural southwestern Colorado high school as early as this week, according to a sheriff who said he was among the targets.

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