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Ray Manzarek, Founding Member Of The Doors, Dies

5.20.13 at 7:00pm by Krishnadev Calamur

The keyboardist co-founded the band after meeting Jim Morrison in California. The Doors went on to become one of the most successful rock 'n' roll acts of the 1960s. Manzarek, 74, died in Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer.

Full Train Service to Resume Wednesday Morning, M.T.A. Says

5.20.13 at 6:36pm by Connor Ryan

Metro-North Railroad plans to resume regular train service on the New Haven Line on Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday afternoon.

“We are confident that the reconstruction work, inspection and testing will be completed in time for a normal rush hour on Wednesday,” Howard Permut, Metro-North's president, said in a statement.

The shuttle train between New Haven and Bridgeport, as well as the bus connection to Stamford will be used again on Tuesday.

The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced

5.20.13 at 5:15pm by Melissa Block

There is one place in the country where a law enforcement agency can trace a gun found at a crime scene back to a buyer — the ATF's National Tracing Center in West Virginia. But the tracing process is usually tedious, involving multiple phone calls and searching, by hand, through paper records.

Washington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed

5.20.13 at 5:15pm by Eliza Barclay

Despite its name, the "pot pig" experiment isn't an attempt to develop a new meaty treat for stoners. Instead, a Seattle butcher is feeding marijuana seeds, stems and root bulbs to swine as a cheeky money-saving measure.