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MINEOLA, N.Y. — The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

NORFOLK, Va. — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

PHOENIX -- In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/buck-wolf/

NBC News reports that an FBI agent shot and killed a man who had been interviewed over ties to April's Boston Marathon bombing. The suspect,... Benjamin Hart http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-hart/

PRAGUE — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen. Alice Titzova of the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/priscilla-frank/

BEIJING — A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

By Mark Mueller Religion News Service HACKENSACK, N.J. (RNS) Wearing a bright orange prison jumpsuit, the priest at the center of the furor in the... Jahnabi Barooah http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jahnabi-barooah/

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gentilviso/

They call themselves Catholic Whistleblowers, a newly formed cadre of priests and nuns who say the Roman Catholic Church is still protecting sexual predators. Although... The New York Times http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jahnabi-barooah/

SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid a bare-knuckle fight with the federal government to keep his medical marijuana dispensary open, Steve DeAngelo had an idea: if federal... Aaron Sankin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-sankin/

From The Colorado Independent's Susan Greene. While political observers speculate on the factors shaping Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's thinking on whether or not to prevent... The Colorado Independent http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

It should be an alarm that alerts us to the complacency that has enveloped us and force us to refocus on anti-LGBT hate crimes. It should generate a renewed dialogue about why a gay man can be shot dead in plain sight in the street simply because of who he is. Aundaray Guess http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aundaray-guess/

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Navy veteran Trina McDonald, a survivor of rape during her service, is calling on Congress to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice by moving... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

I believe that we're seeing the tortured last battle of an anti-gay subset of our society that knows that it's losing the culture war. what do angry, ignorant people do when they feel that they no longer have control? They use their angry words, their fists, their guns and their knives. Allison Hope http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-hope/

Sometimes, all it takes is an apology. That's the only thing one Kentucky couple needed to forgive the beer thief who regularly plundered the alcohol... Sara Gates http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-gates/

Jodi Ann Arias, who once boldly said a jury would never convict her, waited on Tuesday for jurors to complete deliberations that could end in... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of accepting at least $36,000 cash in exchange for steering business to an... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

WASHINGTON -- The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

"Catfish" isn't going anywhere. MTV has announced an upcoming "Catfish" special as well as a 16-episode Season 2 order, which will kick off in June.... Leigh Weingus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leigh-weingus/