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ALBANY -- The spiritual leader of an Albany mosque repeatedly called a phone number in Syria that an FBI report indicates had been used to gather terrorist intelligence for Osama bin Laden, according to classified documents unsealed late Tuesday in U.S. District Court. The FBI report, which was based on information from a confidential informant, was among several once-secret documents that federal authorities say raise questions about Yassin Aref's connections to terrorist organizations across the Middle East. Aref, 35, a Kurdish refugee who moved to Albany with his family in 1999, is in jail without bond while awaiting trial on...

We have had a train wreck in Graniteville, SC. The train was carrying chlorine that has spilled and was near several occupied factories and homes. Two of the train crew were killed in the wreck, but witnesses have reported bodies in the woods. This is confirmed and not here say. Coroners from surrounding counties have been called in to assist as the death toll is expected to increase. Several hundred people have been treated at the local hospitals. The burn ward in one of the hospitals is full. Graniteville is being evacuated at this time. The weather is light rain...