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Weekend solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'
Posted 9:22 PM 5/16/2012 by Melissa Gray (CNN)
(CNN) -- Thousands of people are planning viewing parties in the western United States for Sunday's annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon.
The eclipse will be visible on a path from northwestern Texas through New Mexico (More)
Colorado wildfire grows to nearly 1,000 acres
How scammers can steal your credit card information at the gas pump
5/15/2012
Parents of special needs students say school district covered up abuse
Posted 9:13 PM 5/15/2012 by Julie Peterson (CNN)
(CNN) -- Slammed into lockers, isolated in darkened schoolrooms, vulgar language by a teacher -- it was just another day at school for special needs student Alex Williams.
Recently released court documents say Alex, who has cerebral palsy, was routinely abused by teacher Melanie Pickens at (More)
Wildfire burns out of control in N. Colorado
Hitting the road on Memorial Day? You're not alone
Potomac tops list of endagered rivers in U.S., group says
Keystone isn't the only pipeline
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The mysterious case of the disappearing bees
Posted 2:30 PM 5/14/2012 by Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D.(for CNN)
(CNN) -- To all of the readers who don't think that honey bees are one of the most important concerns of our modern times, let me admit that I know where you're coming from. I wasn't the sort of kid who played in the dirt. I was terrified of insects (ew! bugs!), and never forgot my first (More)
Who's a Native American? It's complicated
Family watches 'miraculous survival' of woman fighting flesh-eating bacteria
5/12/2012
Plane en route to Christian youth conference crashes in Kansas, 4 die
Posted 9:00 PM 5/12/2012 by CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- A recent Oral Roberts University graduate was the only one of five people en route to a Christian youth conference to survive a plane crash in southeastern Kansas, officials said Saturday.
The twin-engine Cessna 401 went down Friday afternoon about 9 miles west of Chanute, the (More)
5/11/2012
Authorities: Girls 'within inches' of kidnapper who turned gun on himself
Posted 9:59 PM 5/11/2012 by Mariano Castillo and Greg Botelho (CNN)
(CNN) -- Dirty, dehydrated and starving, itching all over with poison ivy and bug bites, 12-year-old Alexandra Bain and her 8-year-old sister Kyliyah Bain lay face-down in a swath of northern Mississippi woods -- their kidnapper by their side.
Thirteen days earlier, authorities say the (More)
Balfour guilty in Hudson case
JPMorgan's big loss: Explain it to me
5/10/2012
FBI: Fugitive dead; two sisters alive
Posted 8:37 PM 5/10/2012 by CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- Adam Mayes -- accused of murder and kidnapping in a case involving a Tennessee mother and her three daughters -- has died, FBI spokesman Joel Siskovic said late Thursday. The two sisters he allegedly kidnapped were found alive, law enforcement sources said.
There had been (More)
