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3 convicted in Minnesota Indian gang trial

Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the upper Midwest were convicted on several charges Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country.


South Bend firefighters look over the wreckage of a small jet on Monday, March 18, 2013, that crashed Sunday near the South Bend Airport in South Bend, Indiana. (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Fuselage removed from Ind. home after deadly crash

SOUTH BEND, Ind.  — Barricades were removed Tuesday from the northern Indiana neighborhood where a private jet plowed into three houses, killing two people and injuring three others, after a crane lifted a large section of the battered fuselage from a house, placed it on a truck and hauled it to a hangar where investigators will sift through the remains.



Newtown sees jump in gun permit applications

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  — Applications for gun permits have jumped in Newtown since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which sparked a renewed debate about stricter gun control laws and a surge in gun sales around the country due to worries about new limits.


Ind. school, expelled girls reach settlement

INDIANAPOLIS  — Three Indiana girls who discussed which classmates they would like to kill in Facebook posts adorned with smiley faces and LOLs have reached a settlement with the school district that expelled them for violating an anti-bullying policy.