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Bus crash that killed Pennsylvania lacrosse coach being investigated

By The Associated Press March 17, 2013

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Police are investigating what caused a bus carrying a college women’s lacrosse team to veer off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crash into a tree, killing a pregnant coach,...

Palestinians unenthusiastic about President Barack Obama’s visit

By The Associated Press March 17, 2013

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — President Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace when he visits the region. Obama’s...

Dublin tourists lead icy St. Patrick’s Day ‘people’s parade’

By Associated Press March 17, 2013

DUBLIN (AP) — Never mind the fickle Irish weather. A chilly, damp Dublin celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with artistic flair anyway Sunday as the focal point for a weekend of Irish celebrations...

In this March 2013 photo released by the Noel Kempff Mercado Foundation, macaws perch on trunks inside a caged breeding center in the Amazon near the city of Trinidad, in the state of Beni, Bolivia. These birds are of the six endangered macaws flown from Britain to Bolivia in hopes that they can help save a species devastated by the trade in wild animals, international conservation experts said Tuesday, March 13, 2013. The birds, with blue wings and a yellow breast, arrived last week at the conservation center in northeastern Bolivia, close to their natural habitat, and the local Noel Kempff Foundation said it hopes to breed or release them. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz, Noel Kempff Mercado Foundation)

British zoo sends 6 endangered macaws to Bolivia

By Carlos Valdez, Associated Press March 13, 2013

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Six endangered macaws have been flown from Britain to Bolivia in hopes that they can help save a species devastated by the trade in wild animals, international conservation...

Researchers find German-made spyware across globe

By Raphael Satter, Associated Press March 13, 2013

LONDON (AP) — The discovery of a group of servers linked to an elusive espionage campaign is providing new details about a high-tech piece of spy software that some fear may be targeting dissidents...

Egypt’s Brotherhood blasts UN women’s document

By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press March 13, 2013

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized an anticipated U.N. document on combatting violence against women, saying on Wednesday that it was “deceitful,” clashed...

Jindal says Texas Brine to begin sinkhole buyouts

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press March 13, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Texas Brine will offer buyouts to Assumption Parish residents whose homes are in a swampy area under evacuation because of a nine-acre sinkhole, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday. ...

A fire still burns after a tugboat and barge hit a gas pipeline yesterday evening in Perot Bay in Lafourche Parish, La., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

La. pipeline blaze could burn until Thursday

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press March 13, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fire raging in a coastal Louisiana bayou where a tugboat struck a gas pipeline appeared to have diminished Wednesday night, but is far from extinguished, the Coast Guard said. ...

Pay raises draw ire of lawmakers in budget hearing

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press March 13, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers are bristling at pay raises handed out by Louisiana’s statewide elected officials while the state struggles with continuing budget shortfalls and repeated...

In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013 file photo, Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll and Gov. Rick Scott embrace prior to his State of the State speech in the Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Fla. Carroll resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a widening scandal of a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday, March 13, 2013 was a $300 million front for illegal gambling. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Fla. politician resigns, 57 charged in scandal

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press March 13, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a scandal involving a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday was a...

Supporters of gun control pick up reading material at a Connecticut Against Gun Violence meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Both sides of the gun control issue are increasing pressure on Connecticut lawmakers who are close to voting on changes to state law stemming from the shooting deaths of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Colorado gun control bills near final passage

By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press March 13, 2013

DENVER (AP) — Fiercely debated ammunition limits cleared Colorado’s Democratic Legislature on Wednesday and were on their way to the governor, who has said he’ll sign the measure into...

Fatema Al Ansari of Qatar, left, places her baby Alkadi Alhayal in a stroller following a news conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Miami. Al Ansari was diagnosed with a condition called mesenteric thrombosis at age 19, causing her abdominal organs to fail. She is the first multivisceral transplant patient in the world to conceive and give birth. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

5-organ transplant patient becomes a mother

By Associated Press March 13, 2013

MIAMI (AP) — Miami doctors say they believe a five-organ transplant patient is the first to deliver a baby, making her the first reported case in the world. Fatema Al Ansari was 19 and living in...