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Chinese state TV says 42 killed in plane crash (AP)

In this cell phone photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers work at the site of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Guangfu) NO SALESAP – Chinese state television says 42 people died when a passenger jet overshot a runway in northeast China on Tuesday and burst into flames. It says 49 others were rescued and taken to hospital.


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Chinese state TV says 48 rescued after plane crash (AP)

AP – Chinese state television said 48 people were rescued Tuesday after a plane with 91 people crashed while landing at an airport in the country’s northeast. The fate of the remaining passengers was unclear.

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Bedbugs found in small area in basement of Empire State Building

First came King Kong. Now, bedbugs are trying to conquer the Empire State Building.

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State Sen. Shirley Huntley fights back after threats

Supporters will gather around Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley at a news conference Wednesday after flowers were reportedly placed on her Jamaica doorstep with a note that said “Rest In Peace.”
 

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MTA’s overtime pay a runaway train at $590 million, state audit finds

MTA overtime is a runaway train, rising 25% to $590 million annually in the last four years, according to a scathing new state audit.

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Feds vs. state again in suit against Arizona law (AP)

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at a news conference in Phoenix on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 regarding the U.S. Justice Department suing the state of Arizona over immigration law SB 1070. The federal government took a momentous step into the immigration debate Tuesday when it filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying the law blatantly violates the Constitution. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)AP – The federal lawsuit against Arizona’s tough new immigration law focuses heavily on a question that has been in the spotlight repeatedly the past decade and dates back to the Founding Fathers: The right of the government to keep states from enacting laws that usurp federal authority.


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Arizona Hispanics flee state before new immigration law takes effect in July

Hasta la vista! Reports are swirling that Hispanics in Arizona are fleeing the state before a controversial new immigration law goes into effect July 29.

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