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Hydrochloric acid leaking from a derailed train forced police in southern Louisiana to evacuate thousands of residents within a one-mile radius Saturday morning. full story

Northeast

WABC: Police: Driver leaves boss a dying rabbit
WTNH: Students hit with riot charges
WFSB: Girl, 8, accused of torching house
WCVB: Mom skips snack shift; boy benched
WCVB: Woman graduates after lung transplant

South

WLKY: School skippers banned from prom
KPRC: Jellyfish attack Galveston beaches
KSAT: Bikini car wash irks neighbors
WLKY: Police: Mom loses car with baby inside
KHBS: Rescue fails, boat crash kills man

Midwest

WISN: Driver ready to return after attack
KARE: Jesse Ventura hints at Senate bid
KETV: Boy, 6, loses leg to mower
WRTV: Mother's Day fire claims 4th victim
WDIV: 'Class of .08' shirts spark trouble

West

KMGH: Report: Son dismembers dad after rape
KPHO: Ex-con caught when attic caves in
KHQ: Rivers hitting dangerous flood levels
KCRA: Vintner Mondavi dies at 94
KIRO: Bad weather raises salmon price

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iReport.com: Say good-bye to an amusment park

Astroland, one of the best-known amusement parks in New York's Coney Island, is set to close at the end of this summer. What memories do you have of Coney Island?