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BOSTON (AP) — People along the Northeast coast braced for more flooding during high tides Saturday even as the powerful storm that inundated roads, snapped trees and knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses moved hundreds of miles out to sea. Areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings. Officials…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —  Following a funeral service before 2,000 people, the Rev. Billy Graham's family has placed flowers on his casket at a private interment ceremony. The private ceremony on Friday afternoon took place at his gravesite in a prayer garden at the Billy Graham Library. Family members placed white roses on the casket…

By ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — More than 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, searched neighborhoods near Central Michigan University on Friday for a 19-year-old student suspected of killing his parents at a dormitory and then running from campus. The shooting at Campbell Hall happened on…

By ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Police were searching Friday for a young man suspected of killing two people at a Central Michigan University residence hall on the same day parents were arriving to pick up students beginning their spring break. Police released a photo of James Eric Davis…

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As his public appearances dwindled in recent years, the Rev. Billy Graham began choosing songs, scripture and speakers for one last public opportunity to spread the Gospel — his own funeral. Plans for Friday's service took shape in the years after his last…