Authorities in southwestern North Dakota searched Monday for three Dickinson State University softball players reported missing after a friend received late night telephone calls that mentioned water and indicated the women needed help.
Dickinson Police said a friend of the women received two telephone calls from them, about one minute apart, before the line cut out. The exact words used in the calls and exactly which of the women they came from were not immediately released.
School officials knew they had a problem as soon as they arrived at Our Lady Star of the Sea Regional School in AC on Monday morning.
Several teachers and staff members also called in sick, and more children went to the nurse with flulike symptoms during the day.
By the end of the school day, with more than half of the students out sick, school officials opted to close for the rest of the week.
New Jersey's candidates for governor darted through the state on the last day of a campaign being billed as a vote on President Barack Obama's popularity.
Obama has made five appearances in New Jersey to make his case for Jon Corzine, the only Democratic governor seeking re-election, who is facing a tough challenge from Republican Chris Christie, a former prosecutor.
Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday.
Twenty-eight people may have become ill after eating beef produced by Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. All but three of the suspected infections are in the northeastern U.S. and 18 are in New England
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