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DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush has successfully undergone a heart procedure after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery.

LAWTELL, La. (AP) — About 100 homes remain evacuated as officials work to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment near the small community of Lawtell, about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman charged with defacing the Washington National Cathedral with green paint is due in court.

BOSTON (AP) — A New York woman accused of scamming almost half a million dollars from the fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims is due in Boston Municipal court today for an arraignment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service wants to end door-to-door delivery for new homes in favor of curbside service and neighborhood cluster boxes.

ROQUE BLUFFS, Maine (AP) — Authorities say two women who got lost while hiking in a Maine state park died in a car accident shortly after their rescue.

BOSTON (AP) — A state police sergeant who released striking photos of the capture of the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings faces a hearing to determine if he will be suspended until an internal investigation is complete.

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias returns to court as her attorneys ask the judge to vacate the jury's decision that the 2008 killing of her boyfriend was "especially cruel," a finding that allowed the panel to consider the death penalty.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Survivors of the Asiana flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport have returned to the wreckage site.