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)
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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.


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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.


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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.