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Transgender-inmate ruling is movement’s latest win
September 6, 2012 in Health Years ago, in a darkened parking lot in the middle of the night, Kathy Padilla would meet with fellow transgender people who sought support from one another in a society …
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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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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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Jurors deliberate at Drew Peterson’s murder trial
September 5, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Jurors at Drew Peterson’s murder trial withdrew Wednesday to begin deliberations on whether the former Illinois police sergeant murdered his third wife. Peterson pleaded not guilty …
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Police analyze PCP after 2 NJ children killed
September 5, 2012 CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine if a contaminated batch of PCP is going around Camden after a child was decapitated and two other children’s throats were …
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Jurors to begin deliberations at Peterson trial
September 5, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Now, it’s jurors’ turn. After years of speculation, national media attention and more than a month of testimony, allegations that Drew Peterson murdered his third wife …
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Mass. inmate sex-change ruling praised, condemned
September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — A ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery to an inmate is being praised by advocates as important recognition that the surgery is a legitimate …
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Attorneys in Peterson trial deliver closings
September 4, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors in Drew Peterson’s murder trial implored jurors Tuesday to use common sense in assessing the circumstantial case against him, while the defense said the state …
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Judge: Mass. must pay for killer’s sex change
September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, because it is the only way to treat her …
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Deliberations in Peterson trial to start Wednesday
September 4, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Defense attorneys told jurors at Drew Peterson’s murder trial Tuesday that the state’s case against him is “garbage evidence.” Prosecutors said it’s just common sense that …
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Police: NJ boy, 6, killed saving sister in attack
September 4, 2012 CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy whose throat was slashed by an intruder high on PCP-laced marijuana was killed trying to save his sister, coming to her aid as … 3
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Pa. dad charged in drug-laced baby bottle death
September 4, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors believe a Philadelphia man put heroin and methadone in his infant son’s bottle to quiet him but instead killed him, two days before his first birthday. …
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Judge grants sex change for Mass. murder convict
September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, because it is the only way to treat her …
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Defense: Evidence against Drew Peterson ‘garbage’
September 4, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A defense lawyer at Drew Peterson’s murder trial has told jurors that the state presented “garbage evidence.” Attorney Joel Lopez said during his two-hour closing Tuesday …
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Prosecutor gives closing in Drew Peterson case
September 4, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor on Tuesday called on jurors to convict Drew Peterson of murder, saying there’s enough circumstantial evidence to warrant a guilty verdict against the former …
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Prosecutor to jury: Clear Peterson killed 3rd wife
September 4, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor has asked jurors to use “common sense” and to convict former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson of killing his third wife. Prosecutor Chris …
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Judge orders sex change for Mass. murder convict
September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder. U.S. District … 1
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Closing arguments set to start in Peterson trial
September 4, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Attorneys deliver closing arguments at Drew Peterson’s trial Tuesday, after which jurors will begin deliberations on whether the state proved the former Illinois police officer murdered …
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NJ police seek answers in attack on sleeping kids
September 2, 2012 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — With his mother in the hospital and his father out of state, a 6-year-old boy and his siblings were under the care of a teenager when …
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Ex-Marine tweeted about killing co-workers in ‘09
September 1, 2012 OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Unhappy with his life as a Marine stationed in California, Terence Tyler posed a question three years ago on Twitter: “is it normal to want …
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Ex-Marine tweeted about killing coworkers in ‘09
August 31, 2012 OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Unhappy with his life as a Marine stationed in California, Terence Tyler posed a question three years ago on Twitter: “is it normal to want …
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Ex-Marine kills 2 workers, self at NJ supermarket
August 31, 2012 OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — An ex-Marine who had suffered from depression and once tweeted about killing “everyone I see” opened fire in camouflage gear at a supermarket early Friday, …
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Mexico extradites Eduardo Arellano Felix to US
August 31, 2012 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mexico extradited Eduardo Arellano-Felix to the United States Friday, marking what one U.S. official said was the end of a 20-year investigation into the once-mighty drug …
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NJ store worker fatally shoots 2 employees, self
August 31, 2012 OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey supermarket employee opened fire at the closed store early Friday as a dozen or more colleagues worked inside, killing two of them …
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Mom upset daughter’s attacker on run after verdict
August 30, 2012 LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — The mother of a young Texas girl who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a group of men and boys over several months says she’s upset one …
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Defendant in Texas rape case vanishes during trial
August 30, 2012 LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — The first defendant to face trial among a group of men and boys accused of repeatedly raping a young Texas girl vanished Wednesday during a break …
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Suspect in Fort Hood shooting heads back to court
August 30, 2012 FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army soldier accused of opening fire on a Texas military post is expected to appear in court for the first time since an appeals …
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Former official denies Israel poisoned Arafat
August 29, 2012 in Nation/World JERUSALEM (AP) — A former Israeli official on Wednesday denied suspicions that Israel poisoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as France prepared to begin an investigation into his possible murder following …
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10 Things to Know Today
August 29, 2012 Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT): 1. ANN ROMNEY TAKES A STAR TURN
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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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