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Killer who sent taunting letter executed
March 19, 2010The killer of a 16-year-old girl who bragged about his crimes was electrocuted Thursday night, a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections said.
Driver error suspected in Prius wreck
March 19, 2010Early evidence points to driver error as the reason a 2005 Prius sped into a stone wall on March 9, according to federal investigators.
SeaWorld joins fight to keep death video private
March 19, 2010Security cameras were rolling when a killer whale at SeaWorld's Florida park grabbed a trainer by her hair and pulled her underwater, leading to her death.
Mexican violence scaring off American tourists
March 19, 2010On Tijuana's Avenue de la Revolucion, street vendor and sidewalk philosopher Juan Ramon Rocha leaned on his coin and jewelry cart and waited.
U.S. authorities launch inquiry in Mexico killings
March 19, 2010More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel have been assigned to an operation intended to find who was responsible for Saturday's fatal shootings of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, an official said.
NTSB: Wayward Northwest pilots awake but distracted
March 19, 2010The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 did not fall asleep when they overflew their destination by more than 100 miles in October, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday in a detailed report on the wayward flight.
Small U.S. town watches case of accused Irish priest
March 19, 2010As a boy in Ireland, Francis Markey dreamed of becoming a priest and serving parishioners all over the world. His dream of ordination came true, but his relationship with parishioners has become the object of international scrutiny.
Seven years of war and an eternity of remembrance
March 19, 2010The Iraq war, about to enter its eighth year, came home most recently to Federal Way, Washington, a tiny town outside Seattle where 26-year-old Pfc. Erin L. McLyman lived. Her body was flown back to the United States this week; her parents comforted by memories and the courage of a young daughter felled in combat.
Island searched for elusive 'barefoot burglar'
March 19, 2010Using helicopters and search dogs, police scoured an island off Washington state Thursday for an unlikely fugitive: an 18-year-old suspected of stealing airplanes who is known as the "barefoot burglar."
Fargo a fortress of sandbags
March 19, 2010The city of Fargo, North Dakota, largely completed flood preparations early Thursday as a surging Red River rose nearly 3 feet in 24 hours. The waterway was well beyond its banks along the North Dakota-Minnesota line.
