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PERTH, Australia (AP) — The ocean search area for a missing Malaysian airliner has been condensed as searchers listen for any more sounds that could be the dying locator beacons of the aircraft's black boxes. No new underwater signals have been detected recently and the beacons' battery life is at its expiration point. Officials say they're confident sounds heard so far are from the black boxes.
ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — Among the factors accident investigators will consider in the aftermath of the deadly bus-truck crash on California's Interstate 5 north of Sacramento are weather a barrier is needed in the median and if a fire suppression system could have prevented the inferno in which 10 people died. Authorities say it could be months before any conclusions can be drawn.
BEIJING (AP) — Residents of a major Chinese city in the northwest are lining up to buy water after an oil pipe leak caused excessive levels of the toxic chemical benzene to leak into the regular system. The leak prompted warnings against drinking from the tap the scare, which has affected more than 2.4 million people, has once again raised concerns over safety of China's oil pipes.
SEATTLE (AP) — Network operator CenturyLink says problems that caused a seven-hour outage in Washington state 911 service have been resolved. A technical error by a third-party vendor is being blamed. A similar outage in parts of northwest Oregon lasted more than two hours. Both outages happened Thursday morning.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani lawyer says a judge has freed a nine-month old boy accused of attempting to murder police in the eastern city of Lahore after police withdrew charges. The case highlights the country's dysfunctional criminal justice system where even children are not immune from questionable legal decisions. The toddler was brought to court relating to an incident where residents in his neighborhood clashed with police.
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