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Heavy floods leave 20 dead in southern China

By GILLIAN WONG

BEIJING (AP) ---- Heavy flooding in southern China killed at least 20 people, while blocked roads left some 300 teenagers stranded at a school with limited supplies of food and water, state media reported.

Holiday fireworks accidents kill 4 workers

OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) ---- Four people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, three of them by a single blast that rocked this remote village on the Outer Banks islands.

Bus with N.Y. prison visitors tips over, killing 1

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) ---- A bus carrying visitors to upstate New York prisons has rolled onto its side and plowed into a rock ledge on a highway in the Adirondack mountains, killing a woman pinned underneath and hurting nine others.

Texas teen says father wrapped chain around him

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) ---- Authorities in Texas have accused a man of wrapping a 20-foot chain around his teenage son's neck and spraying him in the face with Mace.

Scientist may be forced to NYC terror ties hearing

NEW YORK (AP) ---- A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of helping al-Qaida and shooting at FBI agents may be forced to appear in court Monday against her will.

OMG!! Jackson memorial passes start to trickle out

LOS ANGELES (AP) ---- Like a modern-day Willy Wonka tale, fans began to celebrate Sunday after winning coveted tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service at Staples Center.

First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo

SYDNEY (AP) -- A 265-pound, big-eared and long-nosed bundle of joy was welcomed in Australia as an important step in helping to save the endangered Asian elephant.

Little people call for FCC to ban 'midget'

NEW YORK (AP) ---- Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.

Hundreds at funerals for 2 victims of S.C. killings

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) ----- Hundreds of mourners thronged Sunday's funeral services for an elderly mother and her daughter, two of five victims of a suspected serial killer whose crime spree has terrorized this rural South Carolina community for more than a week.

Submarine detects signal from Yemenia black boxes

PARIS (AP) ---- A submarine scouring the Indian Ocean on Sunday detected the signal beacons of the two black boxes from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed off the Comoros Islands, the French aviation agency said.