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AP U.S. NewsBrief at 2:46 p.m. EDT

Released : Saturday, September 13, 2008 2:46 PM Rescue crews comb Texas coast for Ike victims
HOUSTON (AP), Rescue crews navigated flooded and debris-strewnstreets Saturday to search for those who insisted on staying andriding out a fierce Hurricane Ike, which shattered skyscraperwindows, cut power to millions and flooded thousands of homes as itsloshed across the Texas coast. State and local officials begansearching for survivors by late morning, just hours after Ikeroared ashore at Galveston with 110 mph winds, heavy rains andtowering waves. Overnight, dispatchers received thousands of callsfrom frightened residents who bucked mandatory orders to leave asthe storm closed in. Metrolink says engineer error probable crash cause
LOS ANGELES (AP), A spokeswoman for the Metrolink commuter railservice says the probable cause of the collision that killed atleast 18 people was the failure of a Metrolink engineer to stop histrain at a red signal. Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell saidSaturday the engineer worked for a subcontractor that has been usedby Metrolink since 1998. Ike causes 'devastating' floods in southeast Texas
BRIDGE CITY, Texas (AP), Officials in one southeast Texas countysay they are trying to rescue families trapped by devastatingfloods from Hurricane Ike. Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux saysrescue teams in dump trucks are plowing through deep water Saturdayin a risky effort to help families stranded on roofs and in attics.Thibodeaux says the effort is a gamble but authorities have to dosomething. Suspect in 4 NJ slayings surrenders to police
IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP), Authorities say a suspect has surrendered inconnection with the slayings of four people whose bodies were foundin a burning house in Irvington, N.J. Authorities say Rolando "RatMan" Terrell turned himself in to police Saturday morning. Homeless 90210: Slumming time and the livin's easy
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP), Being homeless in this upper crustenclave is not exactly like living on the street in other places.There are handouts of $2,000 and bottles of Dom Perignon, luckyfinds of Gucci shoes and diamond-encrusted bracelets, a chance torub shoulders with rich and famous locals such as Mark Wahlberg andMaster P, even empty houses to live in. "This is the finest placeyou can be," said Isaac Young, an affable 59-year-old with a widegrin and a smooth baritone voice who has been homeless in BeverlyHills since 1992. Ex-Antioch teachers launch school without campus
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP), In a wood-paneled basement filled withboxes of nuts, bolts and screws, a college journalism class isunder way. Naked wooden beams and ductwork hang overhead. Theinstructor's voice competes with the sound of the furnace, whichkicks on from time to time. LA serial killer could be connected to other cases
LOS ANGELES (AP), Investigators are reviewing at least 30 unsolvedmurder cases for possible links to an unidentified serial killersuspected in at least 11 slayings since 1985. The unsolved caseshave many similarities to those carried out by the serial killer,including locations where the bodies were dumped, Los Angelespolice Detective Dennis Kilcoyne said Friday. 1900 hurricane changed Galveston, and forecasting
HOUSTON (AP), The storm came without a name, without warning, andit shaped the future of weather forecasting. It's known simply asThe Great Storm of 1900, and it was the worst natural disaster everto hit the United States. Suspect in Spokane rapes facing civil trial
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP), A jogger grabbed Julie Harmia as she waswalking home from a bus stop, shoved his hand into her mouth,dragged her to a vacant lot and raped her. As he left he said: "Ifyou go to the police, they cannot protect you 24 hours a day, and Iwill come and I will kill you." US court reviews ruling in teen's terrorism death
CHICAGO (AP), Twelve years after terrorists' gunfire killed17-year-old American David Boim at a bus stop in a West Bank townnear Jerusalem, U.S. courts are still trying to settle whetheranyone must pay millions of dollars in damages. A lower courtordered several U.S.-based Islamic groups to pay $156 million toBoim's family, who claimed money that several U.S.-based Islamicgroups gave to Palestinian charities ultimately helped fundterrorism. It was the first lawsuit filed under a 1991 law allowingAmerican victims of international terrorism to recover tripledamages.
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