Kevin West

A prosecutor today refused a former Georgia school bus driver's bid to avoid trial on criminal charges from a bus-train collision that killed three students.

When William Crawford dialed 911, he didn't expect a recorded voice to tell him, ''911 is not a working emergency number for your area.''

Maybe it's fitting that the Patriots are one of the teams playing in this year's Super Bowl.

International fiber-optics network builder Global Crossing Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, prompting the New York Stock Exchange to halt trading in the dot-com era high-flyer.

The New England Patriots will be clear underdogs again when they make their third appearance in a New Orleans Super Bowl.

Angry parents got into a shoving match at a youth hockey game, and one woman was injured.

In another sign that New York City is getting back on its feet, the World Trade Center station of the E subway line reopened Monday for the first time since Sept. 11.

A commercial jetliner carrying 92 people was declared missing Monday after it lost radio contact and failed to arrive at its destination on the border with Colombia, Ecuador's Civil Aviation department said.

General Motors Corp. management told hundreds of Oldsmobile dealers on Monday that it won't reverse its decision to kill the brand or sweeten the separation agreements with dealers.

Three people were killed, two of them children, in a series of shootings early Monday in East Texas, and an intense search was under way for a gunman. Two people were severely wounded.