The death toll climbed to nine in a rush-hour collision between two Metro trains in Washington on Monday, with scores more injured, CNN affiliates reported. WJLA and WUSA attributed the information to officials for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Three killed in Washington-area Metro train collision
Dealership has less than a week to sell all its cars
The clock is ticking for Ray O’Bryhim: he has less than a week to sell his last 40 cars. His ads for Pohanka Chrysler-Dodge scream, “Everything must go, regardless of profit!” On June 9, his franchise to sell new Chryslers and Dodges will be terminated, along with those of almost 800 other Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealers nationwide
Moonshine to Mexican marijuana: Family gets busted
Student’s body was found in Ohio River; car still missing
Stress Testing Biofuels: How the Game Was Rigged
Oprah coupon craze leaves KFC customers hungry for more
Never underestimate the power of Oprah or a free meal. That seems to be the lesson KFC is learning after talk-show titan Oprah Winfrey took to the airwaves Tuesday with an offer of a free grilled chicken two-piece meal. Hungry consumers could visit Oprah.com, where for the next 24 hours they were supposed to be able to download a coupon for the meal that included two pieces of the company’s new grilled chicken menu item, two side orders and a biscuit.
Oregon trooper reels in line of Ferraris, Lamborghini
Ten Years After Columbine, It’s Easier to Bear Arms
Monday April 20 marks 10 years since Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold permanently etched the words Columbine High School into this nation’s collective memory. What happened that day in 1999 also seemed to wake America up to the reality that it had become a nation of gun owners and too often a nation of shooters. The carnage in Littleton, Colorado 12 classmates and a teacher before the killers offed themselves and the ease with which the teenagers acquired their weapons seemed to usher in a new era of, well if not gun control, then at least gun awareness.
African villages denounce female circumcision
Ten villages in western Niger have publicly denounced the practice of female genital mutilation, according to a UNICEF report. The FIA Court of Appeal said that the rear diffusers used by the Brawn, Williams and Toyota teams “comply with the applicable regulations.” The FIA panel sat for eight hours in Paris on Tuesday to hear evidence and their decision backs up a decision by the stewards at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix that the controversial aerodynamic devices were within the rules