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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

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Oxbow has won the Preakness Stakes

BALTIMORE (AP) — Oxbow has won the Preakness Stakes.

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Witnesses: Car drives into crowd at Va. parade

Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk)

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

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NM official: Tax package saved jobs

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A massive tax package passed by lawmakers in the final days of the legislative session is having a positive effect on jobs, the head of the New Mexico Economic Development Department told lawmakers this week.

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Uranium developer to close NM offices

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Uranium Resources, Inc. has announced that it will be closing its offices in Albuquerque, Crownpoint and Grants.

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