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A Firefighter Honor Guard prepares to salute a dozen caskets during a memorial service for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco.

West memorial, 04.25.13

A memorial was held Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco for victims of the West fertilizer plant explosion.

Former President George W. Bush turns and waves as he follows President Barack and first lady Michelle Obama as they leave after the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Dallas.

Bush Presidential Center dedication, 04.25.13

Photos from the Bush Presidential Center dedication ceremony in Dallas on April 25, 2013.

People crowd outside the West Public Library on Thursday, April 25, 2013, as registration began for those who had a home in the area most area most devastated by the explosion.

West plant explosion, 04.17.13

Photos from the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, on April 17, 2013.

People listen during a First Baptist Church worship service in a field in West  on Sunday April 21, 2013. Their church building was damaged in the fertilizer plant explosion.

Sunday services in West, 04.21.13

People pray during worship services at Assumption Catholic Church and First Baptist Church in West on Sunday April 21, 2013, days after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people.

APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.

N.C. family spends Christmas in hotel following fire

A North Carolina family spent their Christmas in a hotel after a fire destroyed their house. The community is coming together to help the family during the holiday season. Normally, Christmas Day is at 72-year-old Judy Wilson's house in Reidsville and all of those years that house are where she ...

Bennett: Does Crist have designs on a Democratic run in 2014?

Charlie Crist is much too seasoned a politician to speak publicly about anything beyond the Nov. 6 elections. But if the Republican-turned-independent former governor were thinking about becoming a Democrat and running for his old job in 2014, he’d be doing things like he did Sunday morning. Crist, who’s in ...

Man turns himself in to face murder charge

 Authorities say a Greenville County man turned himself in on charges he killed a 59-year-old woman.    The Greenville County Sheriff's Office says 30-year-old Ramane Green of Simpsonville surrendered Tuesday. He is being held without bond.    Green had been sought since Monday on charges he beat Ramona Hatton to ...

Governor Bev Perdue met with members of the state championship basketball team from West Charlotte High School on Monday.

Perdue vowed she was running two months ago

Gov. Bev Perdue’s decision to not seek re-election is in sharp contrast to her assurance just two months ago that she intended to be a two-term governor. Some Democratic insiders had hinted in recent weeks that Perdue was thinking about stepping aside. Last November, state Rep. Bill Faison, an Orange ...

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