Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : 7 Die, 150 Hurt in Subway Derailment

At least seven people were killed and another 150 were injured when a subway train derailed, officials said. The first car of a Lexington Avenue train coming from Brooklyn was cut in half when it derailed and struck a vertical column as it approached Manhattan’s 14th Street-Union Square station about 12:15 a.m. At least four other cars from the same train also derailed, a police spokesman said. Police said it was believed that most of the dead were in the first car. No further information was immediately available.