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Experts says results of school tax votes show Indiana residents strapped by troubled economy

Ind. voters trending against schools in tax votes

Thousands of Philly students need to find another way to school as transit strike continues

Schools reopen as Philly transit strike continues

NY-based school bus manufacturer to recall small school buses

WASHINGTON — A New York-based school bus manufacturer has agreed to recall nearly 6,000 small school buses after the government alleged that the company tried to shift responsibility for the recalls by changing its name.

Feds weigh whether bus, truck drivers should have to hang up their cell phones when driving

WASHINGTON — Safety investigators told federal regulators three years ago that it was dangerous for bus drivers to talk on cell phones while driving, and recommended a ban.

Shirtless suspect faces dozens of charges in hijacking of Atlanta school bus carrying students

ATLANTA — The man who police say hijacked an Atlanta public school bus with about a dozen students aboard and then left the vehicle driverless as it thundered down a steep hill was charged Friday with 13 counts of false imprisonment and 13 more charges of reckless conduct.

Shirtless man hijacks, then abandons school bus with 12 students; No serious injuries reported

ATLANTA — School officials say a shirtless man hijacked an Atlanta public school bus with about a dozen students on board and then jumped out, letting it crash into a ditch.

Get off the bus: Cash-strapped US districts cut school bus service, raising safety concerns

HOUSTON — As a mother of two, Feleccia Moore-Davis is accustomed to the usual back-to-school swirl of new supplies, new clothes and new routines. But this year, that final flurry of summer is accompanied by an unusual worry.

La. mom accused of beating school bus driver because she thought she was mean to her daughter

RICHWOOD, La. — Police booked a woman with beating her daughter’s school bus driver. The 29-year-old woman faces charges of battery of a schoolteacher and simple battery of the infirm.

Bombings and shootings kill 33 in Iraq as violence intensifies ahead of US withdrawal

BAGHDAD — Bombings and shootings killed at least 33 people in Baghdad and surrounding areas on Monday, including a group of high school students on a bus headed for final exams, as violence intensified before a planned withdrawal next week of U.S. troops from urban areas.

Ill. school bus driver killed after leading police on chase, ramming cars; 2 officers injured

GLENWOOD, Ill. — A school bus driver who had just been criticized by his employer was shot and killed by police Friday after he led officers on a chase, ramming police vehicles and other cars.

School bus driver rams cars in suburban Chicago as police give chase, mayor says

GLENWOOD, Ill. — Authorities say a person driving a school bus with no children on board led police on a chase, ramming cars before stopping in the yard of a house in a Chicago suburb.

STIMULUS WATCH: Places hit hardest by job losses are getting the least from federal road money

WASHINGTON — Counties suffering the most from job losses stand to receive the least help from President Barack Obama’s plan to spend billions of stimulus dollars on roads and bridges, an Associated Press analysis has found.

New Hampshire toddler left alone on school bus while driver ran errands, visited her mother

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — A 3-year-old New Hampshire boy has been left alone on a school bus after the driver delivered other children to preschool and didn’t notice he was there.

RI high school student hit and killed by school bus carrying students in suburban Providence

WARWICK, R.I. — A 15-year-old girl was struck and killed Friday by a school bus carrying students on their way to a suburban Providence high school, the police said.