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Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:55pm MST

Kansas City's school superintendent says the plan to shutter nearly half the district's schools, while "painful," will move forward so that all the closures will be complete by fall.
Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:24pm MST

The Kansas City school board is closing nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.
School prom off after lesbian’s date request

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:04pm MST

The prom's off at a northern Mississippi school after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend.
Abdulmutallab could not have blown up plane

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:01pm MST

Even if the "Underwear Bomber" had exploded his device on Christmas Day, the Airbus A330 would have survived, according to an experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team.
Once-revered lawmaker freezes to death alone

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:55pm MST

When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer. Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75.
Drug arrests latest problem for R.I. police force

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:17pm MST

After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.
Calif. woman arrested, 60 dogs seized from home

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:00pm MST

A California woman has been arrested after animal control officers found 60 dogs in crates inside her small Lakeside home east of San Diego.
Officials: Ex-TSA worker tried to sabotage computers

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:04pm MST

Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers and by attempting to introduce a virus into the computer system, according to news sources.
Behind the scenes, crafting the U.S. no-fly list

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:39pm MST

It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home. It ends when a person is forbidden to board an airplane.
Bad blood detailed in Maine ‘lobster wars’ trial

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:27pm MST

Even under the rough-and-tumble rules of the sea that Maine lobstermen live by, staring down the barrel of a .12-gauge shotgun is extreme.
Wife of Rep. Conyers gets 3 years for bribes

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:03pm MST

A federal judge has denied ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers' request to withdraw her guilty plea in a corruption case and sentenced her to three years and one month in prison.
Ex-Marine sues Calif. city to get back police job

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:59pm MST

An ex-Marine acquitted on charges of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees sued the city of Riverside Wednesday over not being rehired as a police officer.
Female teacher in teen sex case appears in court

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:49pm MST

A California middle school teacher who's reportedly wracked with guilt over an affair with a 14-year-old boy has been returned to jail following a brief court appearance.
Mass. court upholds state gun-lock requirement

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:47pm MST

The highest court in Massachusetts upholds the constitutionality of a state law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes in a ruling applauded by gun-control advocates.
Study: Law officers struggle to adjust after war

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:28pm MST

Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home.
Female WWII aviators honored with medal

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:24pm MST

A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
U.S.: ‘JihadJane’ shows evolving terror threat

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:52am MST

The self-described "Jihad Jane" indicted on terror charges is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the threat, authorities say.
Police: Calif. robber holds up 11 people, gets $6

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:43am MST

They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did — but not much.
'Extreme' 2010 hurricane season possible

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:54am MST

Five hurricanes, two or three of them major, are expected to strike the U.S. coast this season, private forecaster AccuWeather.com said Wednesday.
Toyota luring buyers back with incentives

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:34am MST

A high-ranking Toyota executive says the auto company's North American sales spiked around 50 percent the first eight days of March as incentives helped lure customers.
Kansas City, Mo., school board to vote on closures

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:24am MST

The Kansas City school board is facing a stark choice: close nearly half its public schools or face a potential bankruptcy.
Boy, 7, rescues family from home invaders

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:12am MST

At a press conference at which the 7-year-old hero who saved his family by dialing 911 when armed robbers invaded his home thanked the woman who took his call, dispatcher Monique Patino. She said: “Hearing them screaming for help, I felt the fear through the phone.”
Actor Corey Haim dies at age 38

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:47am MST

Haim had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, Police Sgt. William Mann said.
New runaway Prius incident in New York State

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:52am MST

Another Toyota Prius is being blamed for out-of-control acceleration following an incident in Harrison, N.Y., as the besieged automaker dealt with a new high-profile new headache.
Minority babies set to become majority in 2010

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:50am MST

Demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites.
Minority babies set to become majority in 2010

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:50am MST

Demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites.
U.S. lays out set of common school standards

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:19am MST

New educational standards say 4th graders should know the difference between poetry and prose, 8th graders must be able to prove Pythagoras’ theorem.
Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:51am MST

Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death