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Phoenix police officer dies in fatal hit-and-run

The Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Officer Dies Crash

PHOENIX — A Phoenix police officer and firefighter both died Sunday after suffering critical injuries in separate accidents on the job, officials said.Read more

10 Things to Know for Monday

The Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Trains Collide Conn

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:Read more

Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

By DAN JOLING| Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.Read more

Conn. derailment to cause 'greatly slowed' commute

By STEPHEN SINGER| Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Trains Collide Conn

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple - all week.Read more

AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation

The Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

University Minnesota Rochester Commencement

In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless."Read more

Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition

Associated Press| The Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

APTOPIX Virginia Parade Crash

DAMASCUS, Va. — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.Read more

Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

By SEAN MURPHY| Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Severe Weather

SHAWNEE, Okla. — Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home.Read more

Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work

By BRIDGET MURPHY| Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Boston Marathon Police Victim

BOSTON — With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.Read more

Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

By VERENA DOBNIK| Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Hofstra Student Shot

NEW YORK — The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.Read more

2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.

The Associated Press|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday.Read more