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• "Widespread cracking" found on Southwest plane (Reuters)
• Man arrested for parachuting off Chicago hi-rise building (Reuters)
• Third fatal Northeast bus accident in less than a month (Reuters)
• NTSB to review discount bus safety after New York crash (Reuters)
• Maine's blunt-talking governor rankles many voters (AP)
• Rand Paul visits Iowa, urges GOP not to compromise (AP)
• 'Hop' skips to box-office lead with $38.1M debut (AP)
• SF Giants fan hospitalized as LA cops seek 2 men (AP)
• Government appeals judge's health care ruling (AP)
• NTSB: Southwest jet had pre-existing fatigue (AP)
• Year after W.Va. mine blast, family can't move on (AP)
• Child welfare workers second-guess stressful jobs (AP)
• Sheen to take Chicago stage after Detroit failure (AP)
• More families are adopting HIV-positive children (AP)
• Tea party, labor spend big in Wis. high court race (AP)
• 'Crash tax' and other fees target out-of-towners (AP)
• Thousands watch online as eagles hatch in Iowa (AP)
• Ill. boy falls from indoor roller coaster, dies (AP)

"Widespread cracking" found on Southwest plane (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - National safety inspectors have found evidence of "widespread cracking" and fatigue on the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in Arizona with a hole in the cabin, a government official said on Sunday.

Man arrested for parachuting off Chicago hi-rise building (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - An Illinois man was arrested for parachuting off a 20-story building under construction in downtown Chicago early on Sunday morning, authorities said.

Third fatal Northeast bus accident in less than a month (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - One man died and another was critically injured after both fell out of the window of a moving tour bus in Massachusetts, the third fatal bus accident in the Northeast in less than a month, authorities said on Sunday.

NTSB to review discount bus safety after New York crash (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:28 AM PDT Reuters - The National Transportation Safety Board will conduct a review of the safety system governing the discount tour bus industry in the wake of last month's deadly Bronx bus crash that killed 15 passengers, authorities announced on Sunday.

Maine's blunt-talking governor rankles many voters (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT AP - With less than three months on the job, Gov. Paul LePage has already managed to rankle more constituencies with his bluntness than any Maine governor in recent memory.

Rand Paul visits Iowa, urges GOP not to compromise (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:03 AM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was hailed in Iowa Saturday as an emerging party player for his government-shrinking, deficit-cutting message — nearly four years after his father championed similar themes but was excluded from a Republican presidential forum because of his poor showing in the polls.

'Hop' skips to box-office lead with $38.1M debut (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:44 AM PDT AP - The Easter bunny has hopped into the top spot at the weekend box office.

SF Giants fan hospitalized as LA cops seek 2 men (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:35 PM PDT AP - A savage beating by two men outside Dodger Stadium left a San Francisco Giants fan in a medically-induced coma as police on Saturday urged any witnesses to help identify the attackers.

Government appeals judge's health care ruling (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT AP - The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration's signature legislation.

NTSB: Southwest jet had pre-existing fatigue (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 03:09 PM PDT AP - Southwest Airlines mechanics were working Sunday to cut out a section of ruptured fuselage from a Boeing 737-300 that was forced to make an emergency landing at a southwestern Arizona military base.

Year after W.Va. mine blast, family can't move on (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT AP - Gary Quarles kneels on his living room carpet and unrolls the 4-foot-long map that he's studied so many times, trying to understand why his son died in the Upper Big Branch mine.

Child welfare workers second-guess stressful jobs (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 11:07 AM PDT AP - When child welfare worker Kelly Mares investigates an abuse case, she doesn't know what's going to greet her on the other side of the door. A ferocious dog. Or a gun. Or a meth lab, or angry parents who lash out violently.

Sheen to take Chicago stage after Detroit failure (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:34 PM PDT AP - People are lining up outside the Chicago Theatre, where Charlie Sheen is expected to perform.

More families are adopting HIV-positive children (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:19 AM PDT AP - The immediate task might be coaxing a toddler into one more swallow of nasty-tasting medication. Longer term, there are tough choices to be made about telling that child — and the surrounding community — why those daily doses may be needed for the rest of his or her life.

Tea party, labor spend big in Wis. high court race (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT AP - Pro-labor organizations and one of the country's largest tea party groups are pouring money into Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election in an effort to turn the normally sleepy race into a referendum on the national fight over labor rights.

'Crash tax' and other fees target out-of-towners (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT AP - Out-of-towners would be wise to drive carefully when passing through Fraser, a suburb about 15 miles northeast of Detroit.

Thousands watch online as eagles hatch in Iowa (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:19 PM PDT AP - A live video feed from northeast Iowa with a bird's eye view of eagle eggs hatching has attracted more than 100,000 followers — so many that the site crashed briefly Saturday after the first eaglet emerged.

Ill. boy falls from indoor roller coaster, dies (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:13 PM PDT AP - A 3-year-old boy died at an indoor family amusement park in suburban Chicago after falling out of a roller coaster, authorities said Sunday.

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