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KC superintendent says school closings are painful (AP)

In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the board tries to cut $50 million from next years budget. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."


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NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters (AP)

AP - A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.

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Ga.’s system to defend the poor still reeling (AP)

FILE - In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, Brian Nichols  sits with members of his defense team as the sentencing phase of his trial continues at the Atlanta Municipal Court Building in downtown Atlanta. Brian Nichols was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of a judge, court reporter, deputy and federal agent during the March 2005 rampage. But Georgia's legal system is dealing with the aftermath of his taxpayer-funded defense. .(AP Photo/Kimberly Smith, Pool, File)AP - Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.


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Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher (AP)

Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.


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Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, ‘Jihad Jane’ online (AP)

In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.


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Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, ‘Jihad Jane’ online (AP)

In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.


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