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Graduation melee: A whole new definition for kindergarten cops

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 13:21
The words "kindergarten graduation" usually evoke images of tearful parents taking pictures of cute kids in pint-sized graduation caps and gowns.
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New poison letters put ricin under microscope

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 09:48
The information age has made it easier to find instructions for anything -- even how to extract the deadly poison ricin from castor beans.
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$527M in cocaine intercepted

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 08:20
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Boston bombing suspects seen at gym days before attack

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 06:06
Three days before the Boston Marathon bombings, suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were working out together at a Boston gym.
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What killed Elvis? It's a question at Michael Jackson's death trial

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 03:53
Elvis Presley's death became a controversy at the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial as a man who promoted both artists' last tours testified.
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Mom accused of drug smuggling freed

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 23:33
A Mexican court released an Arizona woman detained over allegations she tried to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana under a bus seat.
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Father of man killed by FBI agent says he may have been provoked

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 19:34
The father of a 27-year-old man shot dead by an FBI agent said Thursday that accounts he has heard about the killing make no sense.
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FBI looking for letter to CIA similar to others that contained ricin

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 17:58
The FBI announced Thursday its agents are looking for a letter, this one directed to the Central Intelligence Agency, that it believes was similar to at least three other letters that contained ricin.
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Chicago man sentenced to 23 years in bomb plot

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 17:12
A Chicago man was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for attempting to set off what he thought was a bomb on a crowded street near Wrigley Field in 2010.
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Disneyland employee pleads not guilty in dry ice bomb explosions

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 14:29
A Disneyland employee pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony possession of a destructive device in a public place during an incident where two water bottles with dry ice exploded in the theme park, authorities said Thursday.
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Maine man indicted in staged kidnapping death

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 13:34
A man used a fake Facebook account to lure a girl out of her home to stage a kidnapping and eventual rescue, but ended up killing her, according to a Maine State Police affidavit.
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Iranian-American gets 25 years in plot to kill Saudi ambassador

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 09:37
An Iranian-American who pleaded guilty to participating in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States was sentenced has been to 25 years in prison, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.
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El Salvadoran says she needs abortion for health; court says no

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 08:18
The plea of a pregnant woman to be granted an abortion has gripped El Salvador for months: She wanted an abortion after doctors told her that her baby would not survive outside the womb and that her life was at risk.
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On bail for 19 years, son born in jail works to raise $172 bond for mom

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 08:18
In a story that could step straight from the pages of a Charles Dickens novel, an Indian son has worked night and day in a garment factory to earn the bail money to get his mother out of jail.
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Lawyer: Special ops troops gave accused killer alcohol, steroids

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 07:44
Special operations troops at a small military outpost in Afghanistan gave alcohol and steroid-like drugs to a U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, the soldier's lawyer said Thursday.
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Man convicted of murdering missing girl in Wales

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 06:00
A man was found guilty Thursday of murdering April Jones, a 5-year-old girl whose disappearance in a remote part of Wales last year sparked a huge search.
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Court in Brazil grants bail to defendants in deadly nightclub fire

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 00:48
A court in Brazil unanimously granted bail Wednesday to all defendants involved in a nightclub fire in January that killed 242 people in the town of Santa Maria.
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Probe sought into death of man who knew Boston bombings suspect

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 00:02
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday called for an investigation into the shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, after reports surfaced saying that he was unarmed.
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Paterno family to file suit against NCAA

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 00:00
The family of Joe Paterno plans to file a lawsuit Thursday against the NCAA seeking to overturn its sanctions against Penn State University over a child sex abuse scandal.
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Attorney: Boy, 12, pleads not guilty to killing 8-year-old sister

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 20:43
A 12-year-old accused with stabbing to death his 8-year-old sister at their Northern California home pleaded not guilty on Wednesday during an appearance in a Calaveras County juvenile court, his attorney told CNN.
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