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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — President Barack Obama says there's "no excuse" for violence either against police or by officers against peaceful protesters. The Missouri Highway Patrol has seized control of the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two missing Amish sisters have turned up safe, about 24 hours after they were apparently abducted from their family's roadside farm stand in northern New York. Authorities say 12-year-old Fannie and 7-year-old Delila Miller were dropped off Thursday evening in Richville, about 13 miles from where they disappeared in the rural town of Oswegatchie (ah-swee-GAH'-chee), on the Canadian border. They knocked on someone's door, asking for help. Investigators believe more than one person is responsible for the girls' disappearance.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The widow of actor and comedian Robin Williams says not only was her husband struggling with depression, but he also was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. Susan Schneider says her 63-year-old husband was not yet ready to share his Parkinson's publicly. Williams committed suicide earlier this week.
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue teams have ended their search in Thailand in the collapse of a six-story building under construction. They spent four days looking for people trapped. Police say the death toll has risen to 14, with the discovery of the bodies of four construction workers under the building in the outskirts of Bangkok. Police say the area has been cleared and they don't believe there are any more bodies or people trapped.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 67-year-old grandmother is in critical condition after drinking tea at a Utah restaurant that was accidentally sweetened with lye instead of sugar. Jan Harding has been fighting for her life at a Salt Lake City hospital since taking a sip of the tea Sunday. Investigators and the restaurant manager at Dickey's Barbecue Pit in South Jordan say a worker mistook the lye for sugar and accidentally mixed large quantities of it into the iced dispenser. The lye is used for degreasing deep fryers and is odorless.
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