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TUCSON, Ariz. — The owner of a Tucson gun store where former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband purchased a semi-automatic rifle has canceled the transaction.... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

A sleepy Miami driver who nodded off behind the wheel Monday is lucky to be alive after he drove into a guardrail that impaled the... Amanda McCorquodale http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-mccorquodale/

CARLISLE, Pa. — A coroner says there were no signs of drugs or alcohol found in the body of the bus driver involved in a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Nearly a week after the chief of Colorado's prisons was fatally shot at his front door, investigators have matched the gun... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

WASHINGTON — Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over hearings on... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wing/

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Some residents of the Connecticut community devastated by December's school shooting said they're outraged over robocalls they've received from the National Rifle... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

AKRON, Ohio -- A judge must make a life-or-death decision in sentencing a self-styled street preacher in the murders of three down-and-out men lured by... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

SEATTLE -- A pickup truck driver crashed into four pedestrians crossing a Seattle street on Monday, killing two and critically injuring two others – a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

ROME -- Italy's highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox's acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-craggs/

Italy's highest criminal court overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox in the 2007 murder of her British roommate and ordered a retrial, The Associated Press... Jade Walker http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

FAIRMONT, N.C. -- Authorities say a 10-year-old boy was killed in North Carolina when he was shot by his father while the parent cleaned a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

Jodi Arias had such a violent relationship with her mother that she struck the woman for no reason, a defense witness admitted Monday under questioning... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

At least six people have been injured by a man with a long knife who allegedly stabbed at least four of his victims at a... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

The $1.2 million reward offered during the manhunt for fugitive Christopher Dorner could be in jeopardy, and no one is more upset about that than... Anna Almendrala http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-almendrala/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Authorities in New Mexico have arrested a man who allegedly broke into "Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston's car late last year and... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

LOS ANGELES -- A 9-year-old girl who walked about a mile in Southern California to find help after surviving a crash says she was sad... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-almendrala/

A case of road rage escalated into gunplay after shots were fired near Newport, N.C., on Sunday. Carteret County deputies searched for two suspects --... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andres-jauregui/

MADISON, Wis. — Actor James Cromwell has pleaded no contest to disrupting a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting last month while protesting... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/youyoung-lee/

We cannot stop rape from happening again, but we can make ourselves aware of the realities that people face and create a more just and equal society. Nico Lang http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nico-lang/

On Thursday, a federal court struck down a New York City Transit Authority rule that permitted police officers to ask anyone on Transit Authority property for their ID. The right to anonymity is not mentioned in the Constitution, but it fits with established American ideals of privacy. Andrew Tucker Avorn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-tucker-avorn/