Tribes face hurdles with sex offender registration
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) -- Only Ohio and Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon have so far met the deadline to comply with a federal law passed nearly three years ago to coordinate and expand sex offender registration nationwide, a U.S. Justice Department official said Wednesday....
Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half of the district's schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy....
48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
HONOLULU (AP) -- Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50....
Mass. patron who paid for conjoined twins' op dies
BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined twins has died. A. Raymond Tye was 87....
Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher
NORWALK, Calif. (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....
