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MANTECA, Calif. — A California man remains behind bars four days after driving 35 miles on a freeway with his wife clinging to a windshield wiper blade on the hood of their minivan, police said yesterday. Christopher Michael Carroll, 36, was being held without bail at the San Joaquin County Jail on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, and domestic assault, according to sheriff’s department records. Carroll got into the family’s minivan around 12:30 a.m. Saturday after he and his wife had an argument at their Manteca home, local police said.

Dan Zevin has spent the past two decades documenting his passage into adulthood. The transition has not gone terribly well, and Zevin, in the grand tradition of humorists, has made the most of his failures. His new book is, in this sense, his most ambitious. "Dan Gets a Minivan" does lavish considerable attention on the vehicle in question, especially its regal captain's chair. ("That's what we call them in the minivan scene. ") But the big paradigm shift in the author's life is that he now finds himself in possession of two small and extremely volatile copilots.

Dan Zevin has spent the past two decades documenting his passage into adulthood. The transition has not gone terribly well, and Zevin, in the grand tradition of humorists, has made the most of his failures. His new book is, in this sense, his most ambitious. "Dan Gets a Minivan" does lavish considerable attention on the vehicle in question, especially its regal captain's chair. ("That's what we call them in the minivan scene. ") But the big paradigm shift in the author's life is that he now finds himself in possession of two small and extremely volatile copilots.

New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week. Police filed three charges of careless driving causing death and another four charges of careless driving causing injury. Each of the charges carries a maximum jail term of three months. Police did not name the male U.S. student. New Zealand law allows defendants to apply for name suppression under certain circumstances.

A Roslindale man was arraigned in Roxbury District Court this week after police said they found more than 10 kilograms of cocaine stuffed into a hidden compartment of the van he was driving. Elvyn Rafael Garcia, 31, was ordered held on $30,000 bail for charges of trafficking in more than 200 grams of cocaine, violating the state's drug laws in a school zone, and numerous civil motor vehicle infractions, the Suffolk District Attorney's office said. Judge David Weingarten also ordered Garcia to surrender his US passport if he has one. On Monday...

New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week. Police filed three charges of careless driving causing death and another four charges of careless driving causing injury. Each of the charges carries a maximum jail term of three months. Police did not name the male U.S. student. New Zealand law allows defendants to apply for name suppression under certain circumstances.

The parents of a Boston University student critically injured in a New Zealand minivan crash that killed three of her schoolmates have flown to the country to be by her side at a hospital. Meg Theriault, 21, was in intensive care Monday. Four other students suffered less serious injuries when their minivan rolled over several times Saturday while they were traveling to a popular hiking spot. Theriault suffered a serious head injury, a broken right arm and grazes over her body, her parents said in a statement.

WHO: Dan Zevin WHAT: Formerly of Cambridge and a onetime humor columnist for the Boston Phoenix and Boston Magazine, Zevin, 47, moved with his wife to the hippest place on earth: Brooklyn. Then he had two kids and moved to the suburbs and became the most unhip and blissfully happy dad. He blogged recently about his love for all things fleece. His new book, ‘‘Dan Gets a Minivan," comes out in May and was recently optioned for a TV series by Adam Sandler. Q. You were blogging about fashion during New York Fashion Week.

A Roslindale man was arraigned in Roxbury District Court this week after police said they found more than 10 kilograms of cocaine in a hidden compartment of the van he was driving. Elvyn Rafael Garcia, 31, was ordered held on $30,000 bail. On Monday morning, a Boston police officer stopped Garcia on Seaver Street, because the minivan he was driving had a broken brake light. Garcia became anxious when asked if there was anything in the minivan, police said. An investigation aided by a K9 unit found the cocaine, prosecutors said.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. - A family’s minivan going in the wrong direction crashed into two cars on a suburban parkway yesterday, killing eight people, including four young cousins and the mother of one of them. State Police Investigator Joseph Becerra said the minivan was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County, just north of New York City, when it struck a sport utility vehicle and then careened into a third vehicle. The minivan rolled down an embankment, where it burst into flames.

The parents of a Boston University student critically injured in a New Zealand minivan crash that killed three of her schoolmates have flown to the country to be by her side at a hospital. Meg Theriault, 21, was in intensive care Monday. Four other students suffered less serious injuries when their minivan rolled over several times Saturday while they were traveling to a popular hiking spot. Theriault suffered a serious head injury, a broken right arm and grazes over her body, her parents said in a statement.

Hundreds of Boston University students have held a candlelight vigil for three classmates killed in a minivan crash in New Zealand, where they were studying. Junior Tori Pinheiro says her boyfriend, Austin Brashears, was among those who died in the Saturday morning accident. She cried at the Boston vigil as she recalled how friendly he was and how much she loved him. She says he recently had left her a voicemail saying he missed her and she has been playing it repeatedly.

A Roslindale man was arraigned in Roxbury District Court this week after police said they found more than 10 kilograms of cocaine stuffed into a hidden compartment of the van he was driving. Elvyn Rafael Garcia, 31, was ordered held on $30,000 bail for charges of trafficking in more than 200 grams of cocaine, violating the state's drug laws in a school zone, and numerous civil motor vehicle infractions, the Suffolk District Attorney's office said. Judge David Weingarten also ordered Garcia to surrender his US passport if he has one. On Monday...

A Roslindale man was arraigned in Roxbury District Court this week after police said they found more than 10 kilograms of cocaine in a hidden compartment of the van he was driving. Elvyn Rafael Garcia, 31, was ordered held on $30,000 bail. On Monday morning, a Boston police officer stopped Garcia on Seaver Street, because the minivan he was driving had a broken brake light. Garcia became anxious when asked if there was anything in the minivan, police said. An investigation aided by a K9 unit found the cocaine, prosecutors said.

NEW YORK - Seven people were killed on Sunday after a minivan that they were in lost control and fell several dozen feet from a Bronx River Parkway overpass, coming to rest in an area of the Bronx Zoo, law enforcement officials said. Three of the victims in the one-vehicle accident were children, said a spokesman for the fire department, Jim Long. All of the dead were in the minivan; the police said they were from one Bronx family. The accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes of the parkway, just north of East 180th Street.

Police say a train has crashed into a minivan that was stalled at a crossing in central Indonesia, killing at least 11 members of a family. Three others are in critical condition. Local police chief Gupuh Setiyono says the minivan was carrying 14 people when it suddenly stopped Sunday at the unguarded crossing in the West Java town of Tasikmalaya. He says the dead include five children. Poor safety standards and poorly maintained vehicles claim hundreds of lives in Indonesia each year.

Police say a train has crashed into a minivan that was stalled at a crossing in central Indonesia, killing at least 11 members of a family. Three others are in critical condition. Local police chief Gupuh Setiyono says the minivan was carrying 14 people when it suddenly stopped Sunday at the unguarded crossing in the West Java town of Tasikmalaya. He says the dead include five children. Poor safety standards and poorly maintained vehicles claim hundreds of lives in Indonesia each year.

Pembroke police say an Allenstown man has died after his motorcycle collided with a minivan. Police say 51-year-old Stephen DaHood was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston of injuries suffered in the accident at about 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Witnesses told police that the minivan, driven by a Massachusetts woman, crossed the centerline in the area of 530 Pembroke Street and struck DaHood’s motorcycle traveling in the opposite direction. Police tell The Concord Monitor that the accident remains under investigation, but alcohol and speed do not appear to be...

WHO: Dan Zevin WHAT: Formerly of Cambridge and a onetime humor columnist for the Boston Phoenix and Boston Magazine, Zevin, 47, moved with his wife to the hippest place on earth: Brooklyn. Then he had two kids and moved to the suburbs and became the most unhip and blissfully happy dad. He blogged recently about his love for all things fleece. His new book, ‘‘Dan Gets a Minivan," comes out in May and was recently optioned for a TV series by Adam Sandler. Q. You were blogging about fashion during New York Fashion Week.

The Washington State Patrol says an irate driver apparently whacked a man in the shoulder with a small sledge hammer in a road rage dispute. Trooper Julie Startup says authorities responded early Tuesday to a report of a two-car collision on State Route 167 in the Renton area. They found a 33-year-old Renton man rubbing his left shoulder. The man, who was driving a Nissan 300ZX, said he'd been hit in the shoulder by the driver of a minivan. Startup says the Nissan and minivan drivers described a lane change and some aggressive driving that ended with their...