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The electrified third rail, right, runs next to Metro-North Railroad tracks, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Valhalla, N.Y. An SUV driver and five train passengers were killed Tuesday evening in a rush-hour collision in Valhalla. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP)

Did the electrified third rail make train wreck deadlier?

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The electrified third rail, center, runs next to Metro-North Railroad tracks, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Valhalla, N.Y. An SUV driver and five train passengers were killed Tuesday evening in a rush-hour collision in Valhalla. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP)

Did the electrified third rail make train wreck deadlier?

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Surprise delivery _ baby raccoons _ at NY agency

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Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps

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Former New York Giants football star Lawrence Taylor arrives with his wife, Lynette Taylor, at the Rockland County Courthouse for his formal sentencing in New City, N.Y., Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The 52-year-old ex-linebacker pleaded guilty in January to sexual misconduct and patronizing a 16-year-old prostitute. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP)

Lawrence Taylor must register as a sex offender

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This image provided by ABC-TV shows the World Wide Tours tour bus after it was sliced by the exit sign on Interstate 95 south in the Bronx borough of New York early Saturday morning March 12, 2011. Officials say 13 people have died. Officials say 13 people have died. A New York Fire Department spokesman says the bus was carrying 31 to 33 passengers. He says in addition to the fatalities, six passengers were critically injured and four have been transported to hospitals. The spokesman says 11 others sustained minor injuries. (AP Photo/ABC) (AP)

13 killed in NYC tour bus accident

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"Jeopardy!" champions Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, right, look on as an IBM computer called "Watson" beats them to the buzzer to answer a question during a practice round of the "Jeopardy!" quiz show in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. It's the size of 10 refrigerators, and it swallows encyclopedias whole, but an IBM computer was lacking one thing it needed to battle the greatest champions from the "Jeopardy!" quiz TV show - it couldn't hit a buzzer. But that's been fixed, and on Thursday the hardware and software system named Watson played a competitive practice round against two champions. A "Jeopardy!" show featuring the computer will air in mid-February, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP)

IBM’s Watson wins practice round of “Jeopardy!”

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In this undated publicity image released by Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, two of the most successful contestants on the game show "Jeopardy!," are shown. Jennings and Rutter two of the venerable game show's most successful champions, will play two games against "Watson," a computer program developed by IBM's artificial intelligence team. The matches will be spread over three days that will air Feb. 14-16, the game show said on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeopardy!, Charles William Bush) (AP)

IBM computer taking on “Jeopardy!” champs for $1M

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Family of slain college student plans $120 million suit

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Ex-NFL star Taylor arrested in NY rape case

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Bill Clinton back home after heart procedure

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