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Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide. Mayor Chris Coleman announced the indefinite closure after searchers ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Hornsby family shows JaNae Hornsby. JaNae, who was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013, is described by her father Joshua Hornsby as a "special baby" who made friends with everyone she met. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Hornsby Family)

Tornado took town's youngest as it swept through

One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are ...

Highlights from around the Capitol

Nearly 2,000 people went to Gov. Rick Perry's website in January to sound off on how lawmakers should cut taxes by $1.8 billion. Many won't get what they wanted. The state sales tax rate isn't budging. Another sales tax holiday isn't in the works. Nor is the Texas Legislature raising ...

New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits

Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file lawsuits against both abusers and the institutions that employed them will have greater access to Minnesota's court system under a bill awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton's signature. In 1996, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that anyone over the age of 24 ...

FILE - In this July 4, 1980 file photo, Jamaican Reggae singer Bob Marley performs at a reggae festival concert  in Paris. A new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, the world premiere of William Shakespeare's “Measure for Measure” by the innovative Fiasco Theater company and an Australian take on “Peter Pan” are among next season's offerings at The New Victory Theater. “Bob Marley's Three Little Birds” is based on a story by Marley's daughter, Cedella. (AP Photo/file)

New Victory Theater offers Bob Marley, Shakespeare

A new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, the world premiere of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" by the innovative Fiasco Theater company and an Australian take on "Peter Pan" are among next season's offerings at The New Victory Theater. A total of 15 productions from seven countries are ...

HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by state

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, ...

Neb. student suspended over vandalism of yearbook

A Lincoln middle school student has been suspended from school for marring the photo of another student by labeling it with an offensive three-letter acronym. Now, school officials are asking students and parents to "immediately mark out these letters" next to the seventh-grade Irving Middle School student's photo in the ...

FILE - This May 10, 2011 file photo shows children at Tracy Elementary School running across a field as they take part in after-school exercise activities on the campus in Baldwin Park, Calif. Reading, writing, `rithmetic _ and PE?  The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and treat physical education as a core subject. The report says only about half of the nation's youngsters are getting at least an hour of vigorous or moderate physical activity every day. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

Reading, writing, arithmetic — and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and that PE become a core subject. The report, released Thursday, says only about half of the nation's youngsters are getting ...

FILE - In this April 9, 2013 file photo, Freeman Burkholder, right, takes the headpiece off of his horse in Bergholz, Ohio.  Bergholder and other Amish now imprisoned in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio have been granted a religious freedom exemption from a requirement to attend high-school equivalency classes behind bars.  (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin, File)

Imprisoned Ohio Amish may skip high school classes

Amish imprisoned in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio have been granted a religious freedom exemption from a requirement to attend high school equivalency classes behind bars. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Wednesday that Amish bishop Samuel Mullet and his followers would be exempted from the policy requiring ...

Ex-Mass. lawmaker facing meth trafficking charges

A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges. Authorities say 57-year-old Stephen Doran (DOHR'-un) was arrested this week after allegedly receiving a package containing nearly 500 grams of methamphetamine ...

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