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3,000 evacuated after train cars leak acid

More than 3,000 people were evacuated in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday after two of six derailed train cars containing highly corrosive hydrochloric acid began leaking, authorities said Saturday. 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?