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4 students die in Minn. school bus crash (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - A school bus and several other vehicles crashed in southwestern Minnesota Tuesday, killing four students and forcing the first-arriving motorists to rush some of the injured to nearby hospitals.
Former teacher sentenced in sex case (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - A former middle school teacher was sent to prison for six years Tuesday for having sexual encounters with five teenage boys. Authorities said Allenna Ward, 24, met 14- and 15-year-old boys at the school where she taught as well as at a motel, a park and behind a restaurant.
US may shoot down satellite Wednesday (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - An attempt to blast a crippled U.S. spy satellite out of the sky using a Navy heat-seeking missile possibly on Wednesday night would be the first real-world use of this piece of the Pentagon's missile defense network. But that is not the mission for which it was intended.
Castro's departure is a letdown in Miami (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - It was the cherished dream Cuban exiles carried in their hearts for decades: Fidel Castro would die in power, freedom would return to their homeland, and there would be dancing in the streets of Miami.
12 years for contractor in bribery case (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - A defense contractor was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday for bribing former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham with cash, trips, the services of prostitutes and other gifts in exchange for nearly $90 million in Pentagon work.
Nancy Reagan released from hospital (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has been released from a California hospital two days after falling at her Bel-Air home. Spokeswoman Joanne Drake says the 86-year-old was released Tuesday from St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica and was "very happy to be back in her home."
Prosecutors to appeal shaken baby ruling (AP)
February 20, 2008AP - Prosecutors said Tuesday they will appeal a ruling that overturned the conviction of a day care provider accused of shaking a baby to death in 1995.
Schwarzenegger's lottery idea questioned (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is dramatically overestimating the jackpot the state could collect if it sold the rights to operate the lottery to an outside company, according to confidential Wall Street analyses.
Billy Graham home following surgery (AP)
February 20, 2008AP - Evangelist Billy Graham returned to his mountainside home Tuesday to continue his recovery from surgery to update a shunt that controls excess fluid on his brain, officials said.
Driver tried to stop before Md. crash (AP)
February 20, 2008
AP - A man who drove his car into a crowd of street-racing fans tried to stop by slamming on the brakes and is traumatized by the tragedy that left eight people dead, his guardian said Tuesday.
