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Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension

Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately available.

A New Jersey man behind the wheel of a van that careened off of an Illinois freeway and overturned, killing five passengers returning from a California ministry gathering, had his driving privileges suspended last year for administrative reasons...

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No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.

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NATIONAL

Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair

They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt...
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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.

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NATIONAL

Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here."
WORLD

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack.
NATIONAL

Officials scale back search for abducted Iowa teen

Authorities are scaling back their search for a missing Iowa teenager abducted from a rural school bus stop this week.

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NATIONAL

Students safe after armed man reported at school

Police say a Denver-area high school student whose class project included a replica AK-47 was carrying the display to his mom in the parking lot, roughly around the time another student and teacher saw someone outside with what appeared to be a rifle.
NATIONAL

Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box

A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said Friday.

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NATIONAL

Man accused of killing 5 in Illinois takes stand

A 34-year-old man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron took the witness stand Friday, wiping away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene.
WORLD

Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared

Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases.

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