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A photo provided by New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas shows 19-year-old Akien Scott who is wanted in the Mother's Day shootings. Scott was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, Wednesday night May 15, 2013 police department spokeswoman Remi Braden said. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

Friday, May 17, 2013

NEW ORLEANS — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother’s Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. “I’m just ecstatic,” Edward Buckner, president of the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club, said Thursday. Two brothers were booked with 20 counts each of attempted second-degree murder in Sunday’s shooting spree in which 19 people were struck by bullets and one was injured while fleeing. Authorities said three people remain in critical condition. Akein Scott, 19, was captured Wednesday night. A $10 million … 0

Along the low-lying Delaware Bay shore, erosion and storm damage problems are striking. Three towns in Downe Township are, in effect, disappearing: Fortescue, Gandy's Beach and Money Island. Here, Bob Campbell, Mayor of Downe Township, stands by homes in Fortescue, New Jersey, March 12, 2012, that were destroyed by super storm Sandy. (Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer

Friday, May 17, 2013

PHILADELPHIA — The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning. She had been driving to her waterfront home along the Delaware Bay in South Jersey. As she crossed the wide marsh in the dark, the water rose quickly. … 0

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, speaks to the media during a tour of storm damaged areas in Granbury, Texas, on Friday May 17, 2013. On Wednesday, powerful storms produced 16 tornadoes in the area that left six people dead. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Max Faulkner) MAGS OUT; (FORT WORTH WEEKLY, 360 WEST); INTERNET OUT

Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery

Friday, May 17, 2013

GRANBURY, Texas — Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. In Granbury, the area hardest hit by Wednesday night’s exceptionally strong tornado, workers are trying to restore water … 0

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Kristin Gross of Northampton, left, forces out Madison Grande of East Longmeadow on a hit from Mary Edwards Friday in Northampton. JERREY ROBERTS Northampton softball suffers another tough loss
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