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Published on: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:22:56 -0700

SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Tuesday, June 3: FLDS children being reunited with their parents; Sens. Byrd&Kennedy in the hospital; Trial underway for man accused of killing wife and baby; Universal Studios fire ruled an accident.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]This is A-P NewsMinute. After nearly 2 months in foster care...children from the Yearning For Zion ranch are being reunited with their parents. They were removed from the polygamist sect amid allegations that young girls were being forced to marry much older men. A church elder says the group will no longer allow any underage marriages.++2 of the Senate's longest serving members are in the hospital.West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd was admitted for overnight observation after he started feeling sluggish at his home Monday night.Meantime Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy is recovering after brain surgery in North Carolina. ++Jury selection is under way in the trial of a British man accused of killing his wife and infant daughter. Neil Entwistle's lawyer says the judge is hurting the defense's ability to pick an impartial jury because she won't allow them to ask jurors how they feel about the suspect's use of Internet sex sites. ++ The massive fire that burned the back lot of Universal Studios on Sunday has been ruled an accident. Los Angeles fire officials say the blaze was likely ignited by a blowtorch. The theme park has reopened to visitors.

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Added: June 3, 2008