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California teacher suspended after allegedly kidnapping students

A Southern California high school teacher who allegedly kidnapped three of his students at knifepoint over the weekend and demanded they take him to Jack in the Box has been suspended until further notice.

 
Falling dolphin statue kills toddler in San Francisco

A 2-year-old boy visiting San Francisco with his family was killed when a large metal statue fell on him in the city’s busy Fisherman’s Wharf district, police said on Monday.

 
5 U.S. soldiers killed in friendly fire incident in Afghanistan

Five American troops were killed in an apparent coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, in one of the worst friendly fire incidents involving United States and coalition troops since the start of the nearly 14-year war.

 
Shooters carried arsenal, supplies into Sunday rampage

The suspects who killed two police officers and a third person before killing themselves Sunday simultaneously executed the officers, according to a source with knowledge of the shooting.

 
World Cup’s most exotic host city prepares for influx of tourists

Death by giant snakes, malarial mosquitoes or drug-addled, knife-wielding thieves: If the barrage of blood-soaked headlines in the British tabloids is to be believed, that’s what awaits soccer fans travelling to the most exotic of Brazil’s World Cup host cities, the Amazonian metropolis of Manaus.

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Teen finishes 40-mile walk while carrying brother

A Michigan teenager who wanted to raise awareness about cerebral palsy by walking 40 miles with his younger brother strapped to his back battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the trek Sunday.

 
Comedian Tracy Morgan critically injured in 6-car pileup

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured in a fatal six-vehicle pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday, hours after performing a standup routine at a show in Delaware, authorities said.

 
Third grader saves choking friend

A 9-year-old Minnesota boy used quick judgement to save a friend who was choking by jumping into action and performing the Heimlich maneuver.

 
Dozens show up to man’s house because of bogus Craigslist ad

Dozens of people showed up at a home in California last Sunday because a Craigslist ad said there would be free stuff, but there was one problem — the homeowner didn’t post the ad and wasn’t giving away the stuff the ad promised.

 
Student prevented further carnage by tackling Seattle gunman, police say

The man blasting away with a shotgun paused to reload, and Jon Meis saw his chance. The 22-year-old building monitor pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday afternoon in Seattle Pacific University’s Otto Miller Hall, likely preventing further carnage, according to police and university officials.

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