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Three young children spent a few nights in the hospital last month after they received electric shocks in a condo complex pool. All are doing okay. Inspectors say a pool pump wasn’t properly grounded.

State TV in China said assailants in the attack plowed through crowds of shoppers in two SUVs and threw explosives out the window before crashing head-on.

A House committee will consider on Thursday whether to give the VA’s inspector general $5 million to investigate whether employees cooked the books.

Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).

Thousands of homeowners in Arizona are on alert, told to be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. More crews are called in to help fight the fire. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports.

In documents tied to the Boston Marathon bombings, the government reveals why it says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote what amounts to a kind of confession. NBC justice correspondent Pete Williams reports.

A 25-year-old woman has been found alive after she was reported missing by her mom a decade ago. Police say she was forced to marry her captor. The suspect is in custody. NBC’s Mike Taibbi reports.

Elizabeth Smart, whose story captivated the country after she was abducted and held captive for nine months, joined TODAY to discuss the kidnapped California woman who was found alive.

Good morning, and happy Thursday. Here are some of the stories we're following today:1. Thousands prepare to evacuate ahead of growing wildfireA wildfire burning in northern Arizona since Tuesday has scorched some 4,500 acres and sent thousands of people fleeing ahead of the flames’ path.