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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescuers are scrambling to locate nearly 300 people still missing in the sinking of a South Korean ferry carrying mostly high school students. One passenger says many of the missing might have been trapped inside the ship, which carried 459 people. The water is cold, about 54 degrees Fahrenheit, which would give a person 90 minutes or so before hypothermia began to set in.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — High winds have played havoc with shipping traffic in the Chesapeake Bay. The Coast Guard says two vessels collided in a main shipping channel and a 751-foot cargo ship ran aground in the lower Chesapeake Bay yesterday as winds gusted to 70 mph. There have been no reports of injuries, damage or pollution. The vessels which collided are safely anchored.
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pittsburgh-area high school will focus on following a normal schedule today, one week after a student stabbed 21 others and a security guard. Four Franklin Regional High School students are still hospitalized. The resumption of classes follows two days of activities meant to reassure students, parents and staff. The suspect, 16-year-old Alex Hribal (RY'-buhl), is charged as an adult.
NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim groups and civil liberties advocates say that while other practices still may be causes for concern, the New York City Police Department deserves praise for shuttering a controversial unit that tracked the daily lives of Muslims as an anti-terror effort. Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, says there's still concern about the police use of informants to infiltrate mosques.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's defense minister says any final agreement with world powers to curb the Iranian nuclear program will not include discussion of ballistic missiles. The U.S. State Department's nuclear negotiator, Wendy Sherman, has said Iran's ballistic capabilities should be addressed. Iran insists its missile program has no nuclear dimensions.
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