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Man wanted on terrorism charges appears at extradition hearing

LONDON -- A British computer expert accused of running U.S.-based Web sites soliciting support for terrorism appeared in a London court Wednesday at the start of a two-day extradition hearing.

Babar Ahmad, 30, was indicted in Connecticut in October on charges of supporting terrorism, conspiring to kill Americans and laundering money. U.S. authorities are seeking to have him extradited to stand trial in the United States.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--internetterror0302mar02,0,5561554.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut

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Tenn. School Bus Driver Shot to Death

CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. -- A school bus driver was shot to death as she drove her route Wednesday morning and a male student was taken into custody, authorities said. No students were hurt.

Law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that the bus driver died.

At the time of the shooting, the bus was carrying up to 20 students, ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade, said Bill Austin, a supervisor for Stewart County schools.

The student taken into custody was identified only as a teenager.

The bus crashed into a utility pole at the driveway of the student's home and knocked out power in the rural neighborhood. A white sheet was draped across the front of the bus and door as authorities investigated the scene.

Mitchell Kern, a neighbor who graduated from high school last year, said the student who was taken into custody is 15 years old.

"He was a good kid," Kern said. "He listened to his parents; they loved him to death."

Stewart County school superintendent Phillip Wallace declined to identify the driver, other than to say she had worked for the schools for two years.

Cumberland City is about 50 miles northwest of Nashville.

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