Denver: Plane collision kills four

Two small planes collided and crashed into a residential neighborhood Friday, killing four people in the aircraft and injuring seven on the ground.

There were no survivors on either plane, Denver Manager of Safety Tracy Howard said. Crews were still searching for other possible victims.

A twin-engine plane crashed into yard, narrowly missing a house and garage. Two people died in that plane, Howard said.

Two people aboard the other plane, a single-engine aircraft, were killed when it crashed into a house, fire officials said.

Detroit: Kmart files turnaround plan

Kmart Corp. filed its reorganization plan Friday in federal bankruptcy court, saying its turnaround will be bankrolled primarily by two investors.

The five-year plan calls for a return to profitability in fiscal 2004 and focuses on Kmart becoming “the store of the neighborhood.”

ESL Investments Inc., a hedge fund owned by Connecticut millionaire Edward Lampert, and the New York-based Third Avenue Trust will invest at least $293.4 million in exchange for new stock, according to the plan filed Friday in Chicago.

In a separate filing Friday, the retailer said there was evidence of wrongdoing by some former executives. The company is investigating $28.8 million in retention loans given to 25 top executives and the use of the company’s fleet of jets by executives.

Spain: Police arrest 16 suspects linked to al-Qaida terrorists

Police arrested 16 suspected al-Qaida terrorists Friday, and U.S. officials said the men may have links to the deadly ricin poison case in Britain.

Spanish authorities said those arrested in Barcelona and other cities in the northeast Catalonia regionwere connected to recent moves against terrorist targets in Britain and France, but they did not directly tie them to the ricin arrests.

U.S. counterterrorism officials said those arrested in Britain might have been planing to put ricin, an easy-to-make biological weapon, in food at a British military base. The official said one of those arrested worked in the food services department of that base, which was not identified. Traces of ricin were detected at one of the suspects’ apartments.

New York City: Honors student charged with threatening attack

A high school honors student was arrested Friday after threatening in an Internet chat room to carry out an attack similar to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, authorities said.

Gov. George Pataki, who announced the arrest, identified the student as 17-year-old Lukasz Lagucik. He was charged with making a terror threat, a felony that carries a sentence of up to seven years in prison.

Lagucik allegedly told a 17-year-old Arkansas girl in an online chat room Wednesday that he planned a “Columbine-type attack” at a New York state high school. Pataki said the Arkansas girl notified local police, who called New York authorities.

A search of Lagucik’s home turned up no weapons, authorities said.