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condition after she was shot in the head. • Authorities say police were called to an apartment building in Rapid City about 3:30 a.m. and found a 17-year-old girl with one gunshot wound to the head. • Police say two 17-year-old girls and a 22-year-old man had been drinking and handling a .22-caliber rifle. One of the girls was holding the rifle when it fired at the other girl. • The shooter was taken into custody on two warrants for failure to appear in court. Additional charges are possible. •
10 Things to Know for Today The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: • 1. MIDEAST NEGOTIATORS HEAD TO US • Israeli and Palestinian officials will meet in Washington today after Israel approved the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners. • • 2. ITALY TOUR BUS CRASH KILLS 38 • Police said the bus filled with Italian pilgrims smashed into several cars in heavy traffic and plunged into a ravine. • • 3. CHARGES OF SPYING ON JOURNALIST DENIED • New Zealand officials denied a report that said U.S. surveillance agencies joined in tracking phone records of a McClatchy freelancer working in Afghanistan. • • 4. DRIVER CHARGED IN SPAIN TRAIN CRASH • Francisco Jose Garzon Arno, charged with 79 counts of homicide, has said the brakes didn't work when he tried to slow the speeding train before a curve. • • 5. DOZENS KILLED IN BAGHAD BOMBINGS • A wave of car bombs in and around Baghdad killed at least 47 during morning rush hour in the latest coordinated insurgent attack. • • 6. WHITEY BULGER DEFENSE BEGINS • But lawyers haven't said whether the 83-year-old charged with 19 killings and racketeering in Boston will take the stand himself.
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