Students return after deadly crashDUXBURY, Vt. — Students are returning to a Vermont high school for the first time since four classmates and another member of the community were killed by a driver traveling the wrong way on a Vermont interstate.A memorial space has been set up at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, and students and staff will be given the space and time they need to cope with the tragedy, said Superintendent Brigid Scheffert Nease.The four Harwood juniors and a girl who grew up with them but went to high school in New Hampshire died late Saturday when the car they were riding in was hit by a wrong-way driver and burst into flames.The teenagers who died were Mary Harris, 16, of Moretown; Cyrus Zschau, 16, of Moretown; Liam Hale, 16, of Fayston; Janie Cozzi, 15, of Fayston; and Eli Brookens, 16, of Waterbury.The man accused of driving the vehicle that crashed into them, Steven Bourgoin, is facing trial on an unrelated domestic assault charge, prosecutors said Monday.

Shark attacks surfer off Oregon coast PORTLAND, Ore. — Police say a shark has attacked a surfer north of Cannon Beach off the Oregon coast.Oregon State Police spokesman Lt. Steve Mitchell says in a news release that 29-year-old Joseph Tanner of Portland, Ore., was apparently bitten while surfing near Indian Beach at Ecola State Park on Monday afternoon.Mitchell says Tanner was bitten in his upper thigh and lower leg.Tanner was flown to a Portland hospital with serious injuries.

Accuser arrested for extortionNEW YORK — A woman who accused former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer of assaulting her has been arrested for trying to extort money from him, police said.Svetlana Zakharova, 26, was arrested Monday night in New York City and charged with grand larceny by extortion.The Russian woman fled the country after accusing Spitzer in February of assaulting her in a room at The Plaza Hotel, an allegation his attorney said was false.