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| Mom charged with trying to drown kids | | A woman accused of driving a minivan into the Atlantic Ocean with her three children in Florida was arrested Friday on three counts of attempted first-degree murder, Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson said Friday afternoon. |
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| Students stir trouble with chat app | | From Chicago, to Georgia, to Southern California, a new social media application is causing problems on middle school and high school campuses across the United States. |
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