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Bus crash kills 24, South African authorities say 24 people died when a bus veered off a road and rolled over. The accident happened Friday morning near De Doorns, a town in a grape-growing region near Cape Town. Keri Davids, a spokeswoman for the health department of the Western Cape provincial government, says the dead include 22 females and two males. South African media say the passenger bus was heading to Cape Town when the driver lost control.

On March 15, 2013, an important Arizona court hearing regarding the Jodi Arias trial was canceled due to a personal matter that involved an attorney, according to HLN. The hearing was reportedly to take place so Judge Sherry Stephens could determine whether testimony from psychologist Richard Samuels about premeditated murder and crimes committed under the heat of passion would be allowed. Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander Nude Photos Shown to Jury According to HLN, Arias’ attorneys want the forensic specialist to talk about research that explains the differences between the two types of crimes. View slideshow: Graphic Crime Scene Photos in Jodi Arias Case On Thursday, psychologist Richard Samuels testified for the defense, saying Arias is basically a peace-loving woman who does not have clear memories of what happened on the day Alexander died because she is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. The hearing is now slated to take place on Monday afternoon, reports HLN. Watch th

Just days before jury selection was set to begin, Broward prosecutors dismissed aggravated child abuse charges against a Cooper City couple on Friday, according to Broward officials. Having lost their children to foster care, their jobs with the Broward County School District, their home to foreclosure and their car to repossession, Darren Jones, 44, and his wife Serena, 43, faced state prison time for the alleged beating of their 16-year-old daughter in early 2011. "We believed that the Lord would vindicate us," Darren Jones told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in a telephone interview late Friday. "This was just a light affliction. I have no right to be angry at one solitary person." His wife, Serena, agreed. Appearing Friday morning before Broward County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Siegel, prosecutors Tony Loe and Hussein Sony El Rashidy did not explain their decision not to pursue charges against the couple when entering a “Nolle Prosequi” or dismissal of charges

Another clipper approaches with increasing clouds, A clipper system will pass just south of the region today, brushing some locations with a few flurries or snow showers this afternoon. High pressure will then build in for the second half of the weekend with chilly temperatures and breezy conditions continuing. A much larger storm system then looks to approach by late Monday into Tuesday with a mix of rain and snow, and some snow accumulations possible for most of the region. Here is the exclusive Capital Region forecast from the Albany Weather Examiner: View slideshow: March 16, 2013 Regional Forecast     The next 48 hours… Today – Partly sunny with increasing clouds and a slight chance of flurries or snow showers this afternoon. High 32-36. Winds northwest around 5 mph. Normal High/Low: 44° / 26° Tonight – Cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Low 17-21. Winds northwest around 5 mph. Sunday – Partly sunny and breezy.

 Abusive parents charged with murdering 18-month-old daughter, Two parents from Tucson were arrested and jailed Thursday on child abuse charges after they called authorities to report that one of their 18-month-old twins was not breathing. That couple, Kristepher Benavidez, 25, and Monique Gaxiola, 30, are now facing murder charges in the death of their infant daughter, KVOA in Tuscon reported on March 15. Emergency Medical Technicians from the Tucson Fire Department first went to the couple’s home on Wednesday after receiving the call that the baby girl wasn’t breathing. The EMTs transported the infant to the hospital and also contacted the Tucson Police Department.     Medical staff notified police that the child had non-accidental injuries. The baby girl died Friday as a result of her injuries. Police eventually found the infant’s twin and her 7-year-old sister staying with neighbors. Authorities determined that the other twin also had “non-accidental injuries.” Tucson Police Depar

Record heat heavy snow and Lake Superior ice top the list of Michigan weather events on this day in history. From the National Weather Service archives here are the events that happened on March 16. 1897 – Muskegon records their lowest temperature ever for the month of March with a frigid -11°. Sault Ste. Marie sees a daily record low with -14°. 1941 - 20 people were stranded on ice on Lake Superior near Skanee near Point Abbaye when ice broke away from the shoreline with strong west winds. 2 men that were stranded when ice broke away near Point Abbaye in Lake Superior drifted 28 miles on to shore in Northern Baraga County from where they had been fishing in Lake Superior. 1997 - The big snowstorm wound down in the U.P. The storm produced a record snow depth of 63 inches at the Marquette County Airport which exceeded the previous record depth of 59 inches recorded on March 13, 1976. Other locations that exceeded 20 inches included Phoenix in Keweenaw County with 29 inches, Herman in B

One Direction’s Harry Styles Is Single: “Maybe I’m Too Flirty” With three-fifths of One Direction currently off the market, single band members Harry Styles and Niall Horan are in a very good position. “I wouldn’t say I’m girl-crazy, but that makes me sound like a bit of a womanizer. That isn’t really me,” Styles says in the November. “But I am quite flirty — maybe I’m too flirty. I’m an 18-year-old boy, and I like to have fun.” Styles — who lists Taylor Swift , 22, Rihanna , 24, and Rita Orta , 21, as his celebrity crushes — insists he doesn’t “actively look for a girlfriend. If I meet somebody who I like, then we’ll see what happens.” Though Horan, 19, has been linked to good pal Demi Lovato , 20, in recent months, he tells the magazine he doesn’t “really have time to think about girls. When I’m not working, I only want to go back to Ireland and chill with my friends. Friends and family come first — always.” When it comes to romance, “I don’t