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| News briefs for 11/4: N.D. college students found dead in pond |
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DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Police say three missing North Dakota college softball players have been found dead in their vehicle, which was pulled from a pond northwest of Dickinson.
Police Lt. Rod Banyai said Tuesday night police are “still investigating” the cause of the deaths.
Authorities have been searching since Sunday night for 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar, of San Diego; 20-year-old Afton Williamson, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld, of Brandon, Manitoba.
The Dickinson State University students were said to be in a white 1997 Jeep Cherokee with California plates when they were last heard from in calls made to two friends on cell phones before the lines went dead.
Transit strike tough sell in down economy
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When a sudden transit strike comes during an economic downturn, it becomes more like a public relations nightmare.
The Philadelphia transit system’s largest union went on strike early Tuesday over wage, pension and health care issues, stalling the city’s bus, subway and trolley operations and forcing thousands of commuters to find other ways to get to work — and to Election
Day polls.
The sudden strike by Transport Workers Union Local 234 all but crippled the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which averages more than 928,000 trips each weekday. No new negotiations were scheduled Tuesday.
Created: 11/3/2009 | Updated: 11/3/2009
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