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Bus with NY prison visitors tips over, killing 1

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:03:06 -0400

A bus transporting visitors to upstate prisons rolled onto its side and plowed into a rock ledge on a highway in the Adirondack mountains early Sunday, killing a woman pinned underneath and hurting nine other people, authorities said.

Holiday fireworks accidents kill 5 workers

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:55:16 -0400

Five people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, four of them by a single blast that rocked this remote village on the Outer Banks.

General: Afghan forces need years to take over

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:47:51 -0400

The commanding general for Regional Command East in Afghanistan says Afghan forces may need years before they can take over the country's security.

Bankruptcies low in states that don't seize wages

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:52:18 -0400

States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neighboring states that prohibit or strictly limit the practice, an Associated Press analysis has found.