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Three youths were arrested in connection with the assault of a bus driver in northeast Calgary last week. Calgary police say they heard from Calgary Transit that a bus driver had been assaulted in the early morning hours of Aug. 15. The female driver told police that three children were leaving the bus at Rundle CTrain station when they hit the side of the bus and then pointed a gun at her. Officers were able to find the three suspects who were getting on a train at the station. The group was arrested. Police say officers seized two replica guns...

Superior Court Judge James Warren has taken a lot of criticism for reducing the sentence of a Lake Elsinore woman who killed a man while driving drunk. But a closer look at similar cases reveals that the sentence isn't that uncommon. The family of Kerry Suglia, who was killed in the June 4, 2005, crash, says it made no sense to cut Sherri Smith's original sentence of two years in prison in half ---- to a year in county jail and probation. The prosecutor argued strongly against Warren's decision and the Riverside County district attorney's office now says it may...

Toll collectors on the Golden Gate Bridge have been issued bullet-resistant vests in the wake of an April robbery and shooting that seriously wounded a veteran bridge worker. Bridge district spokeswoman Mary Currie said Tuesday that the 42 full- and part-time toll takers had been given vests last week after bridge managers, the collectors and union officials brainstormed about what could be done to improve security at the toll plaza. The 58-year-old toll collector who was wounded in the shooting returned to work last month, Currie said. She underwent surgery after being shot in the neck and chest by 42-year-old...

Portrait of an accused killer: raped as a childDocuments give glimpse into man charged with killing teen Sean Googin.May 19, 2002By Tom MurphyStaff writerAt age 3, Jeffrey Clark lived in filth and his hair started falling out. A year later, a man may have raped him. At age 6, family members teased Clark because he still wore diapers.His criminal history started in his teens. Drug abuse followed.Clark's problems clearly began years before scientists linked his DNA with evidence found at the scene of Sean Googin's death.Clark, now 35, faces up to life in prison. He is accused of raping...