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U.S. National News Archives for March 12, 2007

Explosion occurs at N.C. nursing home
Mar 12 2007 11:46PM (CT)
MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - An unknown number of people were injured when an explosion occurred at a nursing home, authorities said.
 
Day after fainting, elder Bush on stage
Mar 12 2007 11:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush was in good spirits as he gave a speech Monday night, a day after being overcome by the sweltering desert heat and staying overnight at a Southern California hospital.
 
Husband arrested after wife gunned down
Mar 12 2007 11:10PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The estranged husband of a woman who was shot dead in a church parking lot just before Sunday morning services has been booked on suspicion of murder after surrendering to police.
 
Hells Angels trial begins in Seattle
Mar 12 2007 11:02PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - One man was beaten so severely his teeth poked through the skin of his face. Another was clubbed with a ballpeen hammer. A third, shot three times in the chest, was found dead in a Snohomish County ravine by a man collecting bottles.
 
L.A. Zoo elephant to go to sanctuary
Mar 12 2007 10:57PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Zoo's oldest elephant is poised to live out her remaining days at an animal sanctuary in central California after years of lobbying by animal activists for her retirement to a preserve.
 
Van Halen, R.E.M. head into rock hall
Mar 12 2007 10:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fragments of party band Van Halen accepted induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, punk poet Patti Smith brought her earthy growl and the Ronettes' Ronnie Spector thanked everyone but her ex-husband.
 
Trial opens in murder of TV actor
Mar 12 2007 10:25PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - An actor who appeared on the crime show "Silk Stalkings" was murdered and stuffed into a suitcase by an acquaintance who wanted drugs and cash, prosecutors said Monday in opening statements of the woman's murder trial.
 
DePauw cuts ties with troubled sorority
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) - DePauw University's president on Monday ordered a sorority off campus by fall after Delta Zeta kicked out nearly two dozen members and drew accusations that only attractive, popular students were asked to remain. School President Robert G. Bottoms said the values of the sorority did not fit with the 2,200-student private college in western Indiana.
 
DePauw cuts ties with troubled sorority
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) - DePauw University's president on Monday ordered a sorority off campus by fall after Delta Zeta kicked out nearly two dozen members and drew accusations that only attractive, popular students were asked to remain. School President Robert G. Bottoms said the values of the sorority did not fit with the 2,200-student private college in western Indiana.
 
DePauw cuts ties with troubled sorority
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) - DePauw University's president on Monday ordered a sorority off campus by fall after Delta Zeta kicked out nearly two dozen members and drew accusations that only attractive, popular students were asked to remain. School President Robert G. Bottoms said the values of the sorority did not fit with the 2,200-student private college in western Indiana.
 
Theory: Saturn moon's heat from decay
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists believe heat from radioactive decay inside a tiny, icy Saturn moon shortly after it formed billions of years ago may explain why geysers are erupting from the surface today. The Cassini spacecraft last year beamed back dazzling images of Yellowstone-like geysers spewing from a warm section on Enceladus, raising the possibility that the moon, which has an overall surface temperature of about minus-330 degrees, may have an internal environment suitable for primitive l
 
Theory: Saturn moon's heat from decay
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists believe heat from radioactive decay inside a tiny, icy Saturn moon shortly after it formed billions of years ago may explain why geysers are erupting from the surface today. The Cassini spacecraft last year beamed back dazzling images of Yellowstone-like geysers spewing from a warm section on Enceladus, raising the possibility that the moon, which has an overall surface temperature of about minus-330 degrees, may have an internal environment suitable for primitive l
 
Suspect in infant abduction extradited
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of snatching a newborn from a hospital in the middle of the night and hiding her 100 miles away in New Mexico was being taken to Texas on Monday to face a kidnapping charge.
 
Suspect in infant abduction extradited
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of snatching a newborn from a hospital in the middle of the night and hiding her 100 miles away in New Mexico was being taken to Texas on Monday to face a kidnapping charge.
 
Suspect in infant abduction extradited
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of snatching a newborn from a hospital in the middle of the night and hiding her 100 miles away in New Mexico was being taken to Texas on Monday to face a kidnapping charge.
 
Suspect in infant abduction extradited
Mar 12 2007 10:22PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of snatching a newborn from a hospital in the middle of the night and hiding her 100 miles away in New Mexico was being taken to Texas on Monday to face a kidnapping charge.
 
Top Georgia court hears voter ID appeal
Mar 12 2007 10:19PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Requiring photos as proof of identity to vote is an unconstitutional burden that resurrects memories of Jim Crow-era laws designed to keep blacks from the polls, former Gov. Roy Barnes told the state's highest court Monday.
 
Feds: NYC blocks female bridge painters
Mar 12 2007 10:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - No women have been allowed to join the city's squad of 100 bridge painters, the federal government said in a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday.
 
N.M. lawmakers approve cancer vaccine
Mar 12 2007 10:14PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the governor said Monday.
 
WTC builders rally against 2 insurers
Mar 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - World Trade Center builders rallied with hundreds of construction workers Monday to protest stalled payments by two insurers, saying their failure to pay is jeopardizing ground zero rebuilding.
 
Death sentence in Calif. ransom killings
Mar 12 2007 10:09PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men convicted in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme that resulted in five killings were sentenced to death Monday, nearly 5 1/2 years after authorities began finding the bodies in a Northern California reservoir.
 
Texas mulch fire could burn a 4th month
Mar 12 2007 10:03PM (CT)
HELOTES, Texas (AP) - An enormous mulch pile that has been spewing smoke for nearly three months could take another month to put out, a state environmental official said Monday.
 
DA: Women collected checks after deaths
Mar 12 2007 10:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Checks and life insurance forms show that two women made millions from the deaths of two transient men they are accused of killing, a prosecutor said in a preliminary hearing Monday.
 
Earthquake felt in Ohio
Mar 12 2007 9:40PM (CT)
TWINSBURG, Ohio (AP) - A rare northeast Ohio earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6, was felt near the epicenter but caused no major damage.
 
Pa. loan agency details retreat costs
Mar 12 2007 9:32PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The state's college-loan agency spent more than $768,000 on trips to lavish resorts as far away as California between 2000 and 2005, records released Monday show.
 
Burning car blamed for Calif. wildfire
Mar 12 2007 9:07PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A stolen Honda Civic that was set ablaze sparked a wildfire that threatened houses in the hills southeast of Los Angeles and forced hundreds to temporarily evacuate, officials said Monday.
 
Burning car blamed for Calif. wildfire
Mar 12 2007 9:07PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A stolen Honda Civic that was set ablaze sparked a wildfire that threatened houses in the hills southeast of Los Angeles and forced hundreds to temporarily evacuate, officials said Monday.
 
Burning car blamed for Calif. wildfire
Mar 12 2007 9:07PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A stolen Honda Civic that was set ablaze sparked a wildfire that threatened houses in the hills southeast of Los Angeles and forced hundreds to temporarily evacuate, officials said Monday.
 
Designer Marc Jacobs enters rehab
Mar 12 2007 9:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fashion designer Marc Jacobs has entered rehab.
 
Texas youth prisons probed for abuse
Mar 12 2007 8:59PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Authorities are looking into about 300 new inmate complaints of abuse within the state's juvenile prisons and halfway houses, with about 70 involving some sort of sexual contact, the probe's chief investigator said Monday.
 
Texas youth prisons probed for abuse
Mar 12 2007 8:59PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Authorities are looking into about 300 new inmate complaints of abuse within the state's juvenile prisons and halfway houses, with about 70 involving some sort of sexual contact, the probe's chief investigator said Monday.
 
Wis. considers green sex offender plates
Mar 12 2007 8:53PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's worst sex offenders would have to drive around with bright green license plates under a bill a Republican lawmaker introduced Monday.
 
Feds, AT&T urge against wiretap trial
Mar 12 2007 8:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal government is urging an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program, warning that disclosure of such activities could compromise national security.
 
Major powers closer to Iran sanctions
Mar 12 2007 8:42PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The major powers moved closer to agreement Monday night on a modest package of new sanctions against Iran likely to include an embargo on Iranian arms exports and an asset freeze on more individuals and companies associated with Tehran's nuclear and missile programs.
 
Pa. city defends illegal immigrant rules
Mar 12 2007 8:34PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - Leaders of a Pennsylvania town that cracked down on illegal immigrants went to court to defend their practices Monday, as a judge in Missouri ruled that nearly identical ordinances in a St. Louis suburb violate state law.
 
Pa. city defends illegal immigrant rules
Mar 12 2007 8:34PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - Leaders of a Pennsylvania town that cracked down on illegal immigrants went to court to defend their practices Monday, as a judge in Missouri ruled that nearly identical ordinances in a St. Louis suburb violate state law.
 
Pa. city defends illegal immigrant rules
Mar 12 2007 8:34PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - Leaders of a Pennsylvania town that cracked down on illegal immigrants went to court to defend their practices Monday, as a judge in Missouri ruled that nearly identical ordinances in a St. Louis suburb violate state law.
 
Sudan sets limited U.N. role in Darfur
Mar 12 2007 8:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Sudan's president has detailed his objections to a U.N. plan to support African Union troops in Darfur, saying in a document obtained Monday he wants fewer U.N. forces in the country and no helicopters or reconnaissance aircraft.
 
Ky. Legislature passes mine safety bill
Mar 12 2007 7:47PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Inspectors will double their visits to underground coal mines under a bill passed Monday by Kentucky lawmakers.
 
Ex-escort service owner shares records
Mar 12 2007 7:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The former owner of an escort business said she has reached a deal to share her records of up to 15,000 client phone numbers with a media organization.
 
Mass. wants immigration detainees freed
Mar 12 2007 7:25PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The head of Massachusetts' social services on Monday called for the release of about 20 factory workers arrested in an immigration raid, saying many have children with no one else to care for them.
 
Cockfighting ban approved in New Mexico
Mar 12 2007 7:11PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson signed a measure Monday that outlaws cockfighting in New Mexico, leaving Louisiana as the only state where the centuries-old bloodsport remains legal.
 
Cockfighting ban approved in New Mexico
Mar 12 2007 7:11PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson signed a measure Monday that outlaws cockfighting in New Mexico, leaving Louisiana as the only state where the centuries-old bloodsport remains legal.
 
Wis. man doesn't testify in murder case
Mar 12 2007 7:09PM (CT)
CHILTON, Wis. (AP) - A man who once served 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit declined to testify Monday in his homicide trial, telling the judge there's no need for him to do so because he's innocent.
 
Woman charged in Chicago fires, 4 deaths
Mar 12 2007 6:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A woman was charged Monday with arson and murder for allegedly setting a series of house fires near Wrigley Field, including one that killed four people.
 
Woman charged in Chicago fires, 4 deaths
Mar 12 2007 6:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A woman was charged Monday with arson and murder for allegedly setting a series of house fires near Wrigley Field, including one that killed four people.
 
Woman charged in Chicago fires, 4 deaths
Mar 12 2007 6:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A woman was charged Monday with arson and murder for allegedly setting a series of house fires near Wrigley Field, including one that killed four people.
 
Chinese AIDS activist faults her country
Mar 12 2007 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gao Yaojie shakes her head, stabbing hard at the air with her forefinger, when asked if the Chinese government is helping fund her efforts to expose the country's AIDS problems.
 
Gas line erupts in flames in rural Texas
Mar 12 2007 6:25PM (CT)
WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) - A gas line exploded Monday, sending flames hundreds of feet in the air as some workers were laying a pipeline. Several nearby vehicles were burned but no one was hurt.
 
Gas line erupts in flames in rural Texas
Mar 12 2007 6:25PM (CT)
WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) - A gas line exploded Monday, sending flames hundreds of feet in the air as some workers were laying a pipeline. Several nearby vehicles were burned but no one was hurt.
 
Duke president reflects on past year
Mar 12 2007 5:54PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - It's been one year since the off-campus party where an exotic dancer claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Duke lacrosse players. Rape charges were dropped against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, but the three still face charges of sexual offense and kidnapping. In an exclusive interview, The Associated Press asked Duke President Richard Brodhead about the last year, and his responses are excerpted below.
 
Military officer wants statements tossed
Mar 12 2007 5:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The only U.S. military officer charged in the abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners tried to convince a military judge Monday to toss out statements he made denying that he saw prisoners mistreated.
 
Military officer wants statements tossed
Mar 12 2007 5:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The only U.S. military officer charged in the abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners tried to convince a military judge Monday to toss out statements he made denying that he saw prisoners mistreated.
 
Military officer wants statements tossed
Mar 12 2007 5:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The only U.S. military officer charged in the abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners tried to convince a military judge Monday to toss out statements he made denying that he saw prisoners mistreated.
 
Mourners remember victims of Bronx fire
Mar 12 2007 5:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of mourners, many kneeling in prayer on tarps and newspapers, lined the street outside a mosque Monday during the tear-filled funeral for the 10 African immigrants, nine of them children, killed in the city's deadliest fire in two decades.
 
Mourners remember victims of Bronx fire
Mar 12 2007 5:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of mourners, many kneeling in prayer on tarps and newspapers, lined the street outside a mosque Monday during the tear-filled funeral for the 10 African immigrants, nine of them children, killed in the city's deadliest fire in two decades.
 
Mourners remember victims of Bronx fire
Mar 12 2007 5:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of mourners, many kneeling in prayer on tarps and newspapers, lined the street outside a mosque Monday during the tear-filled funeral for the 10 African immigrants, nine of them children, killed in the city's deadliest fire in two decades.
 
Las Vegas strip club owner sentenced
Mar 12 2007 5:15PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former strip club owner who named names and gave graphic accounts of bribing Nevada and California politicians in a corruption probe known as "Operation G-Sting" was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.
 
Activists seek tougher truck regulation
Mar 12 2007 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 people a week are killed in large truck crashes in this country, according to safety groups that called Monday for reducing how long big-rig drivers can work without rest.
 
Activists seek tougher truck regulation
Mar 12 2007 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 people a week are killed in large truck crashes in this country, according to safety groups that called Monday for reducing how long big-rig drivers can work without rest.
 
Activists seek tougher truck regulation
Mar 12 2007 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 people a week are killed in large truck crashes in this country, according to safety groups that called Monday for reducing how long big-rig drivers can work without rest.
 
Gay neighborhoods worry over identity
Mar 12 2007 4:30PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In just about any other place, the sight of a man and woman pushing a stroller would be welcomed as a sign of stability and safety. In San Francisco's heavily gay Castro District, some people can't help but think: There goes the neighborhood.
 
Katrina figures earn Courage award
Mar 12 2007 3:55PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Houston Mayor Bill White and Doris Voitier, the head of schools in St. Bernard Parish, La., were named Monday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
 
2 dead in Texas flooding after rain
Mar 12 2007 3:38PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Flooding caused by torrential rainstorms swept cars off roads in central Texas, killing two people Monday, authorities said.
 
Train tank cars explode in upstate N.Y.
Mar 12 2007 3:15PM (CT)
ONEIDA, N.Y. (AP) - A train carrying liquefied propane and other chemicals derailed Monday, touching off an explosion and fire that forced evacuations from this small, central New York state city.
 
U.S. nearing end of probe of Macau bank
Mar 12 2007 3:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is wrapping up its investigation of a Macau bank that holds $24 million in North Korean assets, a development that could lead to the release of some of the funds.
 
Murder charges stand against ex-soldier
Mar 12 2007 1:51PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Prosecutors did not abuse their subpoena power in charging a former soldier with raping an Iraqi girl and killing her family, according to a court decision announced Monday.
 
Disneyland sues to stop condo plan
Mar 12 2007 1:42PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Happiest Place on Earth doesn't want any new neighbors.
 
Farmers snipe at each other over subsidy
Mar 12 2007 1:39PM (CT)
BENEDICT, Neb. (AP) - Ross Hirschfeld says folks have been talking behind his back ever since the local paper reported that he has been getting millions of dollars in farm subsidies from Washington.
 
1 dead in Dallas apartment complex fire
Mar 12 2007 12:47PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Fire swept through an apartment complex early Monday, killing a man and injuring at least 12 people, including some who jumped from balconies in the three-story building to escape the flames.
 
1 dead in Dallas apartment complex fire
Mar 12 2007 12:47PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Fire swept through an apartment complex early Monday, killing a man and injuring at least 12 people, including some who jumped from balconies in the three-story building to escape the flames.
 
1 dead in Dallas apartment complex fire
Mar 12 2007 12:47PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Fire swept through an apartment complex early Monday, killing a man and injuring at least 12 people, including some who jumped from balconies in the three-story building to escape the flames.
 
Reliance on cells slowed tornado workers
Mar 12 2007 12:38PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In the chaos after a tornado killed nine people in Enterprise, emergency workers had trouble talking to one another because they tried to use their cell phones instead of the state's $18 million emergency communications upgrade, officials say.
 
Fighter pilot safely ejects before crash
Mar 12 2007 12:01PM (CT)
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - An Air Force Reserve pilot safely ejected from his F-16 fighter jet Monday before it crashed into the waters off the Florida Keys, officials said.
 
Newborns among dead Texas dolphins
Mar 12 2007 10:31AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Colder water from the winter months contributed to the deaths of more than 25 dolphins that washed ashore on the Texas coast over the last two weeks, a rescue group said.
 
Buses crash in D.C. suburbs, dozens hurt
Mar 12 2007 9:42AM (CT)
WHEATON, Md. (AP) - A commuter bus rear-ended another at a bus stop in the Washington, D.C., suburbs Monday morning, injuring dozens of passengers, authorities said.
 
Helicopter crash kills 1 in Hawaii
Mar 12 2007 8:28AM (CT)
HANEA, Hawaii (AP) - One person was killed and three people were seriously injured in a tour helicopter crash Sunday on Kauai, the second fatal helicopter accident on the island in four days, authorities say.
 
William Carlos Williams poem re-emerges
Mar 12 2007 5:50AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Michael and Carl Lund grew up in a house with a priceless document on a hall wall: an unpublished poem by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Carlos Williams.
 
Winter wheat doubles in Wis. since 2000
Mar 12 2007 5:44AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Winter wheat, a crop once almost unheard of in Wisconsin, is taking root in America's Dairyland even as other states are growing less of it.
 
Kin of Thurmond to open nonprofit
Mar 12 2007 5:32AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Relatives of Essie Mae Washington Williams, the biracial daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, announced they are founding a Los Angeles nonprofit to help urban families.
 
Seagate's encrypted hard drives on route
Mar 12 2007 2:45AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Seagate Technology LLC, the world's largest hard drive maker, announced Monday the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with its new built-in encryption technology.
 
Fishing to end in monument islands
Mar 12 2007 1:51AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - In a marine area nearly the size of California, stretching northwest from the main Hawaiian islands, a handful of anglers still ply the waters, hooking seabass and snappers during trips that last days or weeks.
 
Athens, Ga. always part of band R.E.M.
Mar 12 2007 1:17AM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe says he still feels a strong bond with a community of artists and musicians in the college town he calls home.
 
'Literacy dog' encourages reading
Mar 12 2007 1:02AM (CT)
FALL RIVER, Wis. (AP) - See Kayla sit. Sit, Kayla, sit.
 
Immigration raids can divide families
Mar 12 2007 12:04AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - They are the hidden side of the government's stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings suddenly left in charge of younger brothers and sisters.
 
Immigration raids can divide families
Mar 12 2007 12:04AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - They are the hidden side of the government's stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings suddenly left in charge of younger brothers and sisters.
 
Immigration raids can divide families
Mar 12 2007 12:04AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - They are the hidden side of the government's stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings suddenly left in charge of younger brothers and sisters.
 
   

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