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Attorneys meet to discuss Jodi Arias case
Attorneys for Jodi Arias have asked an Arizona judge to delay until next year a retrial of the penalty phase in her case to allow the convicted murderer time to gather witnesses to testify on her ...
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Birth control shots could alter life in poor areas
This April 25,2013 photo provided by SpayFirst shows wild dogs near Valentine, Neb. Veterinarians are going to inject 300 wild female dogs with a birth control vaccine that has worked on white-tailed deer, feral horses, wallabies and ferrets. The two-year study on the vaccine GonaCon will be conducted on two poor, isolated Indian reservations in the Pacific Northwest. The dogs are ...
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Brazilians mock Pele’s appeal to end protests
Brazilian soccer great Pele has called on thousands of protestors demonstrating over poor quality public services and corruption to leave the streets and focus on football, an appeal that was quickly met with derision on social ...
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Delay on Taliban US peace talks
Preliminary Afghan peace talks in Qatar between U.S. and Taliban officials are unlikely to take place on Thursday as originally expected, a source familiar with the matter told ...
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US diocese sued over abuse by Irish priest
A CATHOLIC Church diocese in the United States is being sued by an alleged abuse victim who says an Irish priest sexually assaulted him in the ...
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Two New York men charged in bid to make deadly x-ray weapon
In April 2012, the authorities said, an industrial mechanic walked into a synagogue in Albany, N.Y., and announced his intention to build a weapon that could help Israel kill its enemies while they slept. He wanted to know whether anybody would provide financial backing. Turned away, prosecutors said, he sought money from another source: a leader in the Ku Klux Klan in North ...
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US State Department appreciates Azerbaijan’s anti-trafficking efforts in 2012
The US State Department has released the 13th annual report on a fight against trafficking in human beings including Azerbaijan in the second category (Tier 2) again. This means that Azerbaijan is making significant efforts in this field, but it does not meet the requirements of the Act of the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection. The document published on a website of the State Department ...
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Bulger trial The hit man of Country Club Lane
A man working on the roof of a Philadelphia apartment building fell through into one of the units, where a girl watching TV was hit by ...
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Quotations of the day
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Ohio man to be sentenced in dying blink murder case
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – The U.S. secretary of education is traveling to Kentucky and Ohio to promote President Barack Obama’s proposal for a major expansion of early childhood ...
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Federal Reserve hints it could end stimulus program next year
Bernanke's suggestion shook investors, and markets fell as the Fed chairman gave more details about a possible end to QE. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Photograph: Susan ...
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Landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies in Calif.
A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building -- including cutting holes in one tenant's floor with a power saw while he was still inside -- have pleaded guilty to several felonies. Nicole Macy, 37, and Kip Macy, 38, threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of ...
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Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
View Photo Associated Press/Heritage Auctions - This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the ...
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Youth leagues try to rein in bad news parents
View Photo Associated Press/Martha Irvine - A young batter takes a swing as a father who's a coach supervises at a youth baseball game in Buffalo Grove, Ill. on Monday June 10, 2013. Earlier in the month, park ...
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Developer Kan. caverns could preserve human race
View Photo Associated Press/Orlin Wagner - A reporter walks through a door to the Vivos Shelter and Resort during a tour of the facility in Atchison, Kan., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin ...
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Colombia Bogota to Host XXII Latin American Congress of Ports
The XXII Latin American Congress of Ports Colombia 2013, organized by the American Association of Port Authorities, will be held in the city of Bogot, June 25th to 28th, ...
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Exposed The Harrowing Impact of Americas Deadly Drone War in Pakistan
President Barack Obama's big speech on U.S. counter-terror policy last month promised that drone strikes were "legal," "heavily constrained" and only carried out if there is "near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But the use of the most deadly type of drone attacks calls that rhetoric into question. Known as "signature strikes," ...
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Ex-Fremont Teacher Charged With Molesting Student
FREMONT (CBS SF) — A former Fremont schoolteacher who was convicted more than 10 years ago of possessing child pornography faces new charges that he sodomized a boy in his classroom in the late 1990s. Michael Schoop, 63, of Pleasanton, was arrested on the new charges last week and is being held in the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of $410,000 in bail. The Alameda County District ...
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ConsumerWatch New Bay Area Energy Firm Draws Complaints
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Deregulation of the energy industry allows California consumers a chance to shop around for gas and electricity providers. But consumers should watch out for pressure tactics to switch. Karla Gallardo said she was duped, by a salesman who recently came knocking at her door. "They wanted to know if we qualified for one of the PG&E discount programs," ...
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Brazil demonstrators promise biggest protests yet
Reversing public-transit fare hikes failed to defuse Brazil's anti-government protests, with organizers vowing to hold the biggest demonstrations yet Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators -- angry about political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament -- are expected on the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, ...
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Obama to seek limit on existing power plant CO2 fumes
Obama plans to limit existing U.S. power plants' carbon dioxide fumes, officials said, as Obama said slowing global warming required "bold action." Heather Zichal, White House coordinator for energy and climate change, said Obama would announce climate policy initiatives in the coming weeks. Another official told The New York Times Obama could outline the new policy as early as ...
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American Metal Market Presents Best Mergers and Acquisitions Award to AK Steel
AK Steel has received an award for "Best Mergers and Acquisitions" from American Metal Market (AMM), a leading metal industry publication. The award recognizes the company’s ongoing progress in developing its strategic investments in Magnetation LLC and AK Coal Resources – acquisitions that were initially announced in ...
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Stocks slump as Federal Reserve hints at reducing cash infusions
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a Wednesday press conference that the US central bank would consider reducing its $85 billion-per-month asset purchasing program later this year, based on an improved outlook for the US economy.The announcement sparked a sell-off on US stock and bond markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down by 206 points, or 1.35 percent. Yields ...
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New York Times hides abortion editorial on the front page
That was the title on the web version. A note says that a version of the article appeared on page A1 of the New York print edition with this ...
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NYC heir 89 to hear whether hell go to prison
An 89-year-old heir to a famous New York City fortune is set to find out Thursday whether he'll succeed in an 11th-hour attempt to avoid, or at least postpone, prison after being convicted of plundering his mother's ...
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