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Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire

Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire
By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two oil workers remained lost at sea Saturday, a day after a torch being used to cut an oil pipe ignited a blaze that severely burned four others workers on a production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The four burned workers are in

Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed

Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed
By AYA BATRAWY and MAMDOUH THABETAssociated Press ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) - A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime's

Sierra Leone votes peacefully, seeks development

Sierra Leone votes peacefully, seeks development
By KRISTA LARSONAssociated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leoneans chose Saturday between keeping an incumbent president who has expanded health care and paved roads or electing an opposition candidate to lead this war-scarred nation still recovering a decade later despite its

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD
SPOKANE, Wash. - More than a year after former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the Spokane Police Department's practices, the case is still being reviewed. KHQ found out Friday that the request is still on the table but that officials at

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD
SPOKANE, Wash. - More than a year after former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the Spokane Police Department's practices, the case is still being reviewed. KHQ found out Friday that the request is still on the table but that officials at

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD
SPOKANE, Wash. - More than a year after former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the Spokane Police Department's practices, the case is still being reviewed. KHQ found out Friday that the request is still on the table but that officials at

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD
SPOKANE, Wash. - More than a year after former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the Spokane Police Department's practices, the case is still being reviewed. KHQ found out Friday that the request is still on the table but that officials at

Payments coming for Colo. theater shooting victims

Payments coming for Colo. theater shooting victims
DENVER (AP) - A mediator handling the distribution of about $5.3 million in donations to victims of the Colorado theater shootings said Friday that disbursement amounts have been finalized. A gunman killed 12 people and injured at least 58 others at an Aurora movie theater July 20. Aurora Victim

Harsco CFO resigns, interim replacement named

Harsco CFO resigns, interim replacement named
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Industrial services company Harsco Corp. on Friday said its chief financial officer and treasurer resigned. Stephen Schnoor's departure was effective Friday. Harsco named Barry Malamud, its current vice president and corporate controller, as interim CFO. The Camp Hill, Pa

Michigan schools weigh affirmative action ruling

Michigan schools weigh affirmative action ruling
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDERAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - Representatives of at least three universities in Michigan said Friday they're taking a wait-and-see approach on how to proceed after a federal appeals court threw out the state's voter-approved ban on affirmative action in college