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In NYC, identifying the dead, and finding closure
August 29, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — On a wind-swept island off New York City, the remains of 850,000 people rest in pine boxes in a grid of covered trenches — but many …
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Mom of dead NY girl, 5: Teen suspect a ‘mooch’
August 29, 2012 NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The mother of a dead 5-year-old girl said the teen accused of killing her daughter was someone she had not wanted to be around the …
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Study: Condemned inmates go for comfort foods
August 29, 2012 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — On death row, last meals tend to be high in calories and heavy on meat. French fries, soda, ice cream, hamburgers, chicken, steak and pie are …
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Texas girl, 13, describes alleged sexual assaults
August 29, 2012 LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — A 13-year-old Texas girl who authorities say was repeatedly sexually assaulted by 20 men and boys during a series of attacks two years ago cried Wednesday …
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Police: Relative reported worries about soldier
August 29, 2012 SEATTLE (AP) — A relative of one of four soldiers accused by Georgia authorities of killing a fellow soldier and plotting anti-government acts came to police with concerns about the …
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$21M awarded in torture suit against ex-Somali PM
August 28, 2012 McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday awarded $21 million to seven people who sued a former prime minister of Somalia now living in Virginia, claiming he tortured …
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Peterson witness: 3rd wife died accidentally
August 28, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A forensic pathologist testified for the defense Tuesday that he’s convinced Drew Peterson’s third wife died of an accidental fall in the bathtub and wasn’t murdered, …
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Mom: Boy accused of killing NY girl wasn’t in home
August 28, 2012 NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The teenager charged with killing a 5-year-old girl then dumping her body in a garbage can wasn’t around when the little girl’s mother dropped her … 1
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Israeli court rejects US activist’s family lawsuit
August 28, 2012 HAIFA, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared the military of wrongdoing in the death of a young American activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer during …
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Lawyer: Md. school shooting suspect was bullied
August 28, 2012 PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — At 6:27 a.m. on his first day as a sophomore at Perry Hall High School in the Baltimore suburbs, Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. updated his …
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Conservation groups sue over Arctic spill plans
July 10, 2012 in Nation/World JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups is suing the federal government over its approval of oil spill response plans for an Arctic Ocean drilling program. The lawsuit … 1
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CA murder trial opens for accused arsonist
July 10, 2012 in Nation/World SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The five victims all died of heart attacks. But prosecutors said it was still murder. Angry after being thrown out of a house where his …
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Trial under way in deadly 2003 Calif. wildfire
July 10, 2012 in Nation/World SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor said Monday a man who was angry about being thrown out of a house where his family was staying was guilty of murdering …

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