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In brief: Storm blows down circus tent, killing 2

From Wire Reports

LANCASTER, N.H. – Officials say a young man and a girl were killed and at least 22 people were injured when a severe storm blew down a circus tent in New Hampshire.

State Fire Marshal William Degnan said late Monday that the injured were taken to four regional hospitals.

The accident happened as the first of two scheduled shows was getting underway at the Lancaster fairgrounds, about 90 miles north of the state capital, Concord. Degnan said Sarasota, Florida-based Walker International Events was scheduled to do the shows Monday before moving on to Vermont today.

State police say 100 people were in the tent when it collapsed.

Stores to pay N.Y., end toy gun sales

NEW YORK – Retailers including Wal-Mart, Sears and Amazon have agreed to halt the sales of realistic-looking toy guns in New York and pay over $300,000 in penalties, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Monday.

Schneiderman’s office found that five retailers and their third-party sellers sold over 6,400 toy guns from 2012-14 that violated New York laws.

The deal requires those retailers to apply New York City’s strict standards to sales statewide. New York state prohibits the sale of black, blue, silver or aluminum toy guns.

Man accused of murder turns self in

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tremaine Wilbourn, the ex-con accused of killing a Memphis police officer, has turned himself in to federal authorities, ending an intensive two-day manhunt.

Wilbourn is accused of shooting Officer Sean Bolton Saturday night when the officer interrupted a drug deal.

U.S.-China N-pact clears Congess

WASHINGTON – An agreement allowing American involvement in China’s civilian atomic industry is set to be renewed for 30 years despite some stiff criticism from lawmakers over the Asian nation’s record on nuclear proliferation.

A 90-day congressional review period expired Friday without legislative action or a resolution to block or alter the agreement. The State Department said Monday that the U.S. and China will decide “a suitable time in the near future” when the agreement will enter into force.

The 30-year agreement expires at the end of the year. The Obama administration had warned that ending U.S.-China nuclear cooperation would be devastating to the U.S. nuclear industry and would hurt bilateral relations, diminishing American leverage on nonproliferation and nuclear safety.