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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal accident investigators say "mismanagement" by the pilots of Asiana Flight 214, including confusion over whether one of the airliner's key controls was maintaining airspeed, caused the plane to crash while landing in San Francisco last year. The plane, with 307 people on board, was too low and too slow during the landing attempt. Its tail struck a seawall and was ripped off. The rest of plane went spinning and sliding down the runway. Three passengers were killed and more than 200 injured.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top archivist says the Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report the loss of records belonging to a senior IRS executive. David Ferriero told a House panel today that federal law requires government agencies to notify the National Archives and Records Administration when it becomes aware that federal records are lost. He was testifying about the loss of emails belonging to a key figure in the congressional IRS tea party investigation.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have been modestly higher in midday trading, after some encouraging news on the economy. Homebuilder stocks rose sharply after the government reported that sales of new homes rose in May to the highest level in six years. Investors were also encouraged by an increase in consumer confidence to the highest level since January 2008.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have overhauled part of their leadership team -- but that doesn't meant that House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is going anywhere. The Ohio Republican said today that he's "all in" to remain as speaker in the new Congress that will meet next year. There's been speculation for months about whether he would continue to hold that post. He's been speaker since 2011.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman who dressed as a nurse and abducted a 3-day-old boy from a Pittsburgh hospital in a handbag has been sentenced to between two-and-a-half and five years in prison followed by 10 years' probation. Breona Moore told the judge who sentenced her today that all she wanted to do was "love someone." Her relatives had doubted her claims that she'd been pregnant, and they called police when they heard about the kidnapping on the news. Police found the child with Moore unharmed a few hours later.
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