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• BNSF train carrying ethanol derails in South Dakota: local news
• Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017
• Trump falls, Fiorina jumps in GOP race: CNN/ORC poll
• Yemen Houthis to free two U.S. citizens, one Briton: Houthi source
• Dozens feared dead in Aegean Sea after boat incidents
• Jackie Collins, novelist of the rich and scandalous, dies
• Three girls injured when boat explodes in Maryland
• Fiorina pitches herself as fearless to Michigan Republicans
• Man arrested in slaying of infant, two others in Utah house

BNSF train carrying ethanol derails in South Dakota: local news Posted: 20 Sep 2015 11:59 AM PDT "That portion of the track is out-of-service," BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth told Bloomberg News in an e-mail on Saturday, saying she didn't have an estimate yet for when it would reopen. Officials at BNSF were not immediately available for an update midday Sunday. The 98-car train derailed at about 6:15 a.m. local time near the town of Lesterville, McBeth told Bloomberg.

Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017 Posted: 20 Sep 2015 09:28 AM PDT The United States is seeking to ease the Syrian refugee crisis by significantly increasing the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged.

Trump falls, Fiorina jumps in GOP race: CNN/ORC poll Posted: 20 Sep 2015 09:11 AM PDT Carly Fiorina's strong performance at last week's primetime Republican debate has catapulted her into second place behind Donald Trump in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, a new CNN/ORC national poll shows.

Yemen Houthis to free two U.S. citizens, one Briton: Houthi source Posted: 20 Sep 2015 07:30 AM PDT Yemen's Houthi group plans to free three Westerners held in the capital Sanaa for months, a source in the group said on Sunday. The source said two U.S. citizens and a Briton of Yemeni origin had accompanied a delegation heading to Muscat for talks with U.N. special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on efforts to end more than six months of fighting in the country.

Dozens feared dead in Aegean Sea after boat incidents Posted: 20 Sep 2015 06:10 AM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Disasters at sea claimed the lives of dozens of migrants on Sunday, as desperate people fleeing war and poverty braved the risky journey to seek sanctuary in Europe.

Jackie Collins, novelist of the rich and scandalous, dies Posted: 20 Sep 2015 01:10 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The novels of Jackie Collins dramatized the lives of the most elite people and places, but they were read by everyone, everywhere — from airports to beaches to, sometimes, under the covers with a flashlight to hide from disapproving parents and partners.

Three girls injured when boat explodes in Maryland Posted: 19 Sep 2015 10:43 PM PDT The three unidentified girls were airlifted to a hospital in Washington D.C. with burns after the incident in Calvert County, the Maryland Natural Resources Police said on Twitter. The Washington Post reported that the three girls, ages 3, 8 and 9, were on a 20-foot Wellcraft recreational boat with their parents when it caught fire and exploded after launching on Mill Creek at 11:30 a.m. local time.

Fiorina pitches herself as fearless to Michigan Republicans Posted: 19 Sep 2015 07:37 PM PDT MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Former tech CEO Carly Fiorina, hailed for her performance at the second GOP debate, held roughly 1,000 Michigan Republicans in silence Saturday, broke them up in laughter and then brought them to their feet in cheers and chants of "Carly, Carly."

Man arrested in slaying of infant, two others in Utah house Posted: 19 Sep 2015 05:42 PM PDT Alexander Hung Tran, 32, was booked into jail early on Saturday morning on three counts of aggravated murder, said Salt Lake City police detective Richard Chipping. Police identified the three victims as 2-month-old Lyrik Poike, Heike Poike, 50, and Dakota Smith, 28.

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