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Attention turns to Peterson’s missing 4th wife
September 7, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — She loomed over Drew Peterson’s murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front …
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Family seeks to overturn governor’s commutation
September 7, 2012 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento County judge will hear arguments Friday over whether former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger violated California law when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son …
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Obama ‘HOPE’ poster artist set for NY sentencing
September 7, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — The artist who created the “HOPE” poster that came to symbolize Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign will be sentenced Friday, with prosecutors seeking a prison sentence …
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Subject of explosives hoax later arrested in Texas
September 7, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man flying home to Texas to celebrate his 29th birthday instead spent the day as the unwitting victim of a midair explosives hoax that forced the …
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Attention now turns to Peterson’s 4th wife
September 7, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — She loomed over Drew Peterson’s murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front …
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Subject of jet explosives hoax arrested in Texas
September 7, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man on a Dallas-bound flight was deemed the unassuming victim of a midair explosives hoax that forced the plane to return to Philadelphia, where he was …
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Mo. bishop’s bench trial averts longer jury trial
September 7, 2012 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge’s conviction of the first American bishop criminally charged in the clergy sex abuse scandal spared young victims in the case from a longer, …
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What a birthday: Hoax removes man from Philly jet
September 6, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man flying home to Texas to celebrate his 29th birthday instead spent Thursday as the unwitting victim of a midair explosives hoax that forced the plane’s …
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Mo. bishop convicted for failing to report priest
September 6, 2012 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first American bishop criminally charged in the clergy sex abuse scandal was found guilty Thursday of a misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected … 1
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Wis. dad, friend charged in pit bull attack on son
September 6, 2012 MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man who suspected an 18-year-old visiting his home of stealing morphine and gold coins was charged Thursday with tying the teen by his ankles and …
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Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife’s death
September 6, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Drew Peterson — the crass former Illinois police officer who gained notoriety after his much-younger wife vanished in 2007 — was convicted Thursday of murdering a …
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Attorneys: Fort Hood suspect offered guilty plea
September 6, 2012 FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre twice offered to plead guilty and “accept full responsibility” for the crime earlier this year, …
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US feds investigate reported fatal border shooting
September 6, 2012 LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says federal officials are investigating after the Mexican government said a Mexican citizen was killed when an agent patrolling the Rio …
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Peterson jury asks for definition of ‘unanimous’
September 6, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Jurors deliberating the murder case against Drew Peterson sent a note to the judge Thursday asking for the definition of the word ‘unanimous’ — a request …
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Judge orders Fort Hood suspect be clean-shaven
September 6, 2012 FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage must be clean-shaven or will be forcibly shaved before his murder trial, a military …
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Olive Garden, LongHorn workers sue company
September 6, 2012 MIAMI (AP) — Darden Restaurants violated federal labor laws by underpaying thousands of servers across the country at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and other eateries, according to a …
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Jury deliberates for 2nd day in Peterson trial
September 6, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois jury is deliberating for a second day in the Drew Peterson murder trial. The Will County jury reconvened Thursday after failing to reach a …
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Judge may issue order for Fort Hood suspect beard
September 6, 2012 FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A judge on Thursday was expected to issue a definitive order for the forcible beard shaving of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 …
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NY court weighs if lap dance is tax-exempt art
September 6, 2012 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — No one would confuse the Nite Moves strip club with the Bolshoi Ballet, but what the lap dancers do there is art and entitled to the …
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Mo. bishop faces bench trial in case tied to abuse
September 6, 2012 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge will try the criminal case against the highest-ranking Catholic official in the U.S. to be charged with shielding an abusive priest, three … 1
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Judge may order Fort Hood suspect’s beard shaved
September 6, 2012 FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A judge on Thursday was expected to order the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage to have his beard shaved, …
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Some notable rulings on transgender people
September 6, 2012 in Health Some court rulings in recent years on transgender people’s access to gender-related medical care: — In 2010, the U.S. Tax Court found that the costs of female hormones and sex-reassignment …
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Day 2 of Peterson jury deliberations
September 6, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Jurors are heading into a second day of deliberations at Drew Peterson’s murder trial. The panelists gathering again Thursday in Joliet have given no clear sign …
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Some notable rulings on transgender people
September 5, 2012 in Health Some court rulings in recent years on transgender people’s access to gender-related medical care: — In 2010, the U.S. Tax Court found that the costs of female hormones and sex-reassignment …
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In Peterson trial, jurors quickly confront hearsay
September 5, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — As they began deliberations Wednesday, jurors in Drew Peterson’s trial immediately zeroed in on the case’s trickiest issue: whether to believe secondhand hearsay statements that would …
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Judge to hear case against KC bishop, diocese
September 5, 2012 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The criminal case against the highest-ranking Catholic official in the U.S. to be charged with shielding an abusive priest is headed to a swift ending …
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News Summary: Consumer group sues FDA over drug
September 5, 2012 in Health SAFETY QUESTION: Public Citizen says it’s filed a federal lawsuit to force the Food and Drug Administration to remove the highest dose of an Alzheimer’s disease drug from the market …
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French judges to exhume Arafat body in West Bank
September 5, 2012 in Health RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The widow of Yasser Arafat said Wednesday that French investigators will soon visit the West Bank to dig up the remains of her husband in …
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Consumer group sues FDA over Aricept safety
September 5, 2012 in Health WASHINGTON (AP) — A consumer group pressing the Food and Drug Administration to remove the highest dose of an Alzheimer’s disease drug from the market is suing the agency for …
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Detective: Amish man admitted beard, hair attacks
September 5, 2012 CLEVELAND (AP) — A detective who investigated Amish beard- and hair-cutting attacks in Ohio says a suspect admitted involvement and said he would have cut more beards if he had …
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