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Friends: Ala. student's behavior out of character

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL and PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Gil Collar was a guy everybody wanted to be around in high school, friends said: The girls liked his good looks, even his opponents on the wrestling mat became buddies, and adults knew him as courteous and kind. The

SUV driver dies in commuter train crash in N. Ind.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a commuter train struck an SUV at a crossing in northern Indiana, knocking the vehicle onto its roof and killing its driver. No one on the train suffered significant injuries. Police say the train was traveling at about 70mph with some 200 passengers on board

Arraignment for widow of man slain near preschool

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - The widow of a Harvard-trained entrepreneur who was gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool is set to appear in court. Andrea Sneiderman faces scheduled arraignment Monday morning. She is accused by authorities of conspiring with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill

Decade after Bali, Indonesian terror aims at gov't

By NINIEK KARMINIAssociated Press BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Ten years after terrorist attacks at two Bali nightclubs killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, Indonesia has won international praise for its counterterrorism efforts. Militant organizations have been fractured and many of