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CINCINNATI - An Ohio liberal arts college that closed three years ago amid financial problems is welcoming students again and preparing for its comeback. Antioch College closed in 2008, and an alumni group bought the campus and other assets in 2009 and began rebuilding it as an independent college.

The alma mater of Coretta Scott King, Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, and two Nobel Prize winners is to reopen in about a week in Yellow Springs, about 60 miles north of Cincinnati. The school began welcoming its freshman class of 35 students this weekend with orientation activities leading up to the start of classes Oct. 4.

Officials and students are optimistic they can revive the school's long heritage of combining academic learning with work experience and social activism.

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Boeing delivers its first 787 jet on Sunday. It's been a long time coming. The new jet, which was supposed to be flying passengers three years ago, has been delayed by production and design problems.

But now it's here, and airlines expect it to offer travelers much more comfort, open up new routes, and provide significant fuel savings. The first one goes to Japan's All Nippon Airways, which has been printing the 787 logo and "We Fly 1st" on its business cards for years.

Airlines love the jet, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. They have ordered more than 800, well above levels for previous new jets. "A lot of carriers are betting that this is going to be a winner," said George Hamlin, president of Hamlin Transportation Consulting in Fairfax, Va.

Instead of the usual aluminum skin, most of the 787 is covered in carbon fiber, basically a high-tech plastic that is strong but lightweight. Military planes and portions of other jetliners have used that material for years, but this is the first time so much has been used on an airliner.

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BOSTON - The FBI said Friday that it has paid a $2.1 million reward to tipsters for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his longtime girlfriend.

Bulger was captured in June in Santa Monica, Calif., where he had been living with Catherine Greig. Bulger, a longtime FBI informant, was wanted in connection with 19 homicides.

The FBI had offered $2 million for information leading to Bulger's arrest and $100,000 for information leading to Greig's arrest.

The agency said in a statement Friday that it paid the reward money to more than one individual. It did not identify them.

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One person was killed Friday night and two others wounded in a shooting at a hotel-casino in Sparks, Nev., that witnesses say involved members of rival motorcycle gangs, the Vagos and Hells Angels. Sparks police confirmed the fatal shooting at John Ascuaga's Nugget, but they have not identified any of the people involved.