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AUSTIN, Texas -- Prosecutors told a federal jury on Wednesday that a man they say is the brother of leaders of Mexico's most blood-soaked criminal... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

CARY, N.C. — Investigators say a 61-year-old woman has been charged with murder after strangling her elderly husband at their home in North Carolina. Police... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

ARLINGTON, Va. — A judge has set a July 18 trial date for an Air Force officer who led the branch's sex assault response unit... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

FREEHOLD, N.J. — When Kathleen Dorsett heard her ex-husband scream in agony in the backyard of her home in 2010, she finished changing their daughter's... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

From The Colorado Independent's Susan Greene. Fourteen-year-old Kiondre Davison had a habit of acting up in school and running away from home. Social services officials... The Colorado Independent http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

OTTAWA, Kan. — Authorities in eastern Kansas said Thursday they have arrested a 27-year-old suspect in the deaths of three people whose bodies were found... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

BOSTON -- The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, where it... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says it's still unclear whether the Boston bombings were foreign-directed, but he says they were... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

Often lost in the shadow of the Archdiocese of New York, and its larger-than-life cardinal, Timothy Dolan, the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., is attracting national attention these days for all the wrong reasons. Michael D'Antonio http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-dantonio/

I don’t know whether to celebrate or mourn. The news from Cleveland is both every parent’s hope (missing children found alive) and worst nightmare (eleven... Lisa Belkin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-belkin/

NEW YORK -- A Columbia University football player has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting another student and using racial slurs. Chad... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-mcguinness/

This Mother's Day, I will go to church and spend time with my mother and my son, Calvin. Calvin and I will reflect on the fun times he had my other son, Casson Xavier "Biscuit" Evans, who was killed in a drive-by shooting when he was only 3 years old. Sharletta C. Evans http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharletta-c-evans/

Most people aren't particularly familiar with 3D printers, but their potential to be used for sinister purposes has already prompted D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/preston-maddock/

AURORA, Colo. -- A young couple who survived the Aurora theater shootings have scheduled their wedding for the anniversary of the tragedy. Eugene Han and... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

Jon Stewart took CNN to task on Wednesday for its coverage of the Jodi Arias trial. The network has gone all in on the salacious... Jack Mirkinson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-mirkinson/

NEW YORK -- A 74-year-old former New York State lawmaker who secretly recorded other politicians in a bid for leniency for her role in a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

MIAMI — Authorities say a plastic surgeon in Miami attacked his girlfriend for several hours over a Facebook posting, forcing her head into a toilet... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janie-campbell/

Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday and she now faces the prospect of getting a death sentence. Beginning tomorrow, the jury... Simon McCormack http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Jodi Arias, now a convicted murderer, will return Thursday to the same Arizona courtroom where she was convicted, and now her lawyers will fight to... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

The suspect in the ghastly abduction of three Cleveland women wrote a suicide note in which he confessed his crimes, yet blamed the victims for... Michael McLaughlin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/