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BLENCOE, Iowa – Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister. Tornadoes also touched down in Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska on Wednesday. They killed at …

EDGARTOWN, Mass. – Federal investigators believe the helicopter that crash-landed in the ocean near Martha’s Vineyard probably had engine problems, but did not suffer engine failure. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Holly Baker says officials are trying to determine what happened to the engine, and to what degree the problems occurred. …

WASHINGTON – Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was released from the hospital Thursday after being treated this week for what his aides called a mild infection. Byrd, the longest serving member of the Senate, was admitted Monday after doctors discovered he had a fever and aides and his attendant noticed he …