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Employee stabbed by burglar at library
An Orange County librarian is recovering after she was stabbed Monday morning.

It happened around 8:30 a.m. at the South Creek Branch Library on Deerfield Boulevard.

The victim told Orange County Sheriff's deputies she'd just arrived at work when she was approached by a burglar.

More than 1,300 children's picture books worth nearly $23,000 have vanished from the Kitsap Regional Library's Port Orchard branch - and now police are investigating.

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A Denver jury yesterday found Sandra Jacobson guilty of drunk driving and vehicular homicide in the deaths of Connecticut librarians Kathleen Krasniewicz, 54, and Kate McClelland, 71, on the morning of January 27, 2009.

Both were on their way to the Denver airport, returning from the American Library Association’s midwinter meeting, when Jacobson’s white pick-up truck swerved into their lane at 10:30 a.m., striking the purple and white taxi minivan and throwing both Krasniewicz and McClelland (left) from the vehicle. The two were not wearing seatbelts.

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Teen accused of stealing CDs, Bible from library
A 17-year-old boy ran away from a librarian Saturday afternoon at the Bethlehem Public Library after she stopped him for allegedly stealing some CDs -- but, police said, he left behind a backpack, a diary and photo identification.