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BOSTON — Five US Airways crew members were taken to a hospital Monday after becoming ill aboard a flight from Washington.

The crew and passengers had complained about a sulfur-type odor after the flight left Ronald Reagan-Washington National Airport, so the flight returned to the airport, and the passengers and crew were moved to another plane.

The crew members were taken to a hospital after the flight landed in Boston.

They were treated with oxygen after complaining of headaches and nausea, said Boston EMS Lt. Christopher Stratton. Two of them showed symptoms of exposure to carbon monoxide, he said.

BOSTON — A prominent dermatologist accused of submitting fake diagnoses for patients to get Medicare payments pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Monday, and federal prosecutors agreed not to pursue health-care-fraud charges against him.

Abdul Razzaque Ahmed, 59, of Brookline, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of a criminal investigation and agreed to turn over $2.9 million in assets. He originally faced 15 counts.

Ahmed is widely credited in the medical community with almost single-handedly persuading Medicare to cover the costs of expensive, intravenous treatments for patients with pemphigus vulgaris, a rare, potentially fatal skin disease.

TIKI ISLAND — Residents held a memorial service for "Baby Grace," a little girl whose remains were discovered inside a storage box that washed ashore on Galveston Bay.

The toddler, found by a fisherman a week ago, remains unidentified despite hundreds of tips that have come from around the country since authorities released sketches of her on Friday. Authorities said forensic dental examination narrowed the girl's age to between 2 and 3 years.

The county Medical Examiner's Office ruled the child had been dead for at least two weeks. She had a skull fracture, and authorities are treating the case as a homicide.

CAPE CANAVERAL — Shuttle Discovery's astronauts surveyed the wings of their ship Monday to ensure a safe descent over the American heartland after leaving the international space station.

On the ride home Wednesday, the space shuttle will make the first coast-to-coast re-entry since Columbia shattered in the sky over Texas in 2003 and sent tens of thousands of pounds of wreckage raining down on at least two states.

Discovery was not supposed to re-enter over the entire U.S. — just Florida. But that plan would have entailed a pre-dawn landing, and shuttle commander Pamela Melroy preferred a safer daylight touchdown, said shuttle program manager Wayne Hale.

RIVER RIDGE — A 13-year-old student shot himself in a suicide attempt at a private school in this New Orleans suburb Monday morning, officials said.

The shooting happened near the gym minutes before the start of classes, said J.T. Curtis, acting headmaster at John Curtis Christian School.

The boy, Joseph Lynn, was placed on life support at a hospital after surgery, said Col. John Fortunato, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokes-man. The boy's name was released at the request of his mother, who said she wanted the public to pray for him.

WASHINGTON — The Air Force has indefinitely grounded all Boeing Co. F-15 fighter jets after a plane flown by the Missouri Air National Guard crashed last week during a training exercise.

The Air Force said preliminary findings "indicate that a possible structural failure of the aircraft may have occurred."

Maj. Cristin Marposon, an Air Force spokeswoman, said Monday that the country's fleet of 676 F-15s, including mission critical jets, was grounded Nov. 3 for "airworthiness concerns."

While the F-15 is grounded, the Air Force said it would rely on Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-16 fighter jet, and other aircraft, for routine missions. The F-15 will remain available for combat or other emergency situations, Marposon said.

SANTA ANA — A federal magistrate entered a not-guilty plea Monday on behalf of the Orange County sheriff in a corruption case accusing him and others of pocketing nearly $700,000 in bribes and kickbacks.

The magistrate also entered not guilty pleas for Sheriff Michael S. Carona's wife, Deborah Carona, and attorney Debra Victoria Hoffman, who is described in court papers as the sheriff's longtime mistress.

Michael Carona, 52, is charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and witness-tampering. Deborah Carona and Hoffman are both charged with conspiracy. Prosecutors said the sheriff conspired to enrich himself and others in an exchange of cash and gifts for political favors.