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DA: Teen found near Boston likely fell from plane

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:21 PM PST

A Massachusetts prosector says it's likely that a North Carolina teen whose mutilated body was found in a Boston suburb fell from the sky after stowing away in an airplane wheel well.

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Defense: Australian flaws key to Ala. murder case

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:01 PM PST

A lawyer for the man charged with killing his newlywed wife during a diving trip in Australia says police there made key blunders that now could help exonerate him on murder charges in Alabama.

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East Texas church fire suspects to plead guilty

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST

Two men indicted in a string of arson fires set at churches in East Texas have said they will plead guilty next week.

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Official: US ready to hit Iran with new sanctions

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 01:51 PM PST

A senior U.S. official says the Obama administration and its European allies are prepared to place additional sanctions on Iran if it does not meet international demands to prove that its nuclear program is peaceful.

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Bug man accused of stealing from clients since '83

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 01:50 PM PST

A southwestern Colorado exterminator is suspected of earning the trust of his customers -- and their dogs -- to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items and cash over the course of nearly 30 years.

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Camel falls on audience at Fla. Christmas show

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:02 PM PST

A camel and its rider are unhurt after toppling onto audience members during a rehearsal for a costumed Christmas pageant at a South Florida church.

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Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:02 PM PST

Homeless man not guilty in Oregon fire

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:02 PM PST

A judge has acquitted a homeless man of all counts in the fire last summer that destroyed 11 homes in Ashland.

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Civil War's 150th anniversary stirs debate on race

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

At South Carolina's Secession Gala, men in frock coats and militia uniforms and women in hoopskirts will sip mint juleps as a band called Unreconstructed plays "Dixie." In Georgia, they will re-enact the state's 1861 secession convention. And Alabama will hold a mock swearing-in of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

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California high school mourns 8 war deaths

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

It has become a never-ending heartache within the hallways of Buchanan High School: news that another former student has died in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Mich.: Inmate had problems before tooth was yanked

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:10 AM PST

The Michigan Corrections Department is fighting back against an inmate's claim that he lost a tooth and suffered gum disease because he was denied toothpaste for nearly a year.

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Smart, mother smile as jury convicts kidnapper

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:21 AM PST

Elizabeth Smart and her mother exchanged a smile as the court clerk announced the jury's decision: the man who kidnapped and raped her eight years ago was guilty.

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Nun accused of embezzling $850,000 from NY college

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST

Federal prosecutors say a Catholic nun embezzled more than $850,000 from a suburban New York City college where she was vice president of finance.

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Hearing postponed for Bosnian accused of lying

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST

A federal judge in Milwaukee has postponed a detention hearing for a Bosnian Serb accused of hiding his role in Europe's worst civilian massacre since World War II in order to gain refugee status in the United States.

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Tempe honors homeless man who turned in cash

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:00 AM PST

An Arizona man who turned in a backpack he found with $3,300 inside has been honored by the city of Tempe.

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Fort Hood shooting suspect undergoing mental exam

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST

The Army psychiatrist charged in last year's deadly Fort Hood shootings has been undergoing a mental evaluation.

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Republicans block vote on repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ military policy

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:14 PM PST

Senate Republicans blocked a repeal of the ban on openly gay service members yesterday, potentially dooming any chance for overturning the military's "don't ask, don't tell'' policy this year.

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Mass. court denies appeal in fashion writer death

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST

A black trash collector convicted of raping and murdering a white Cape Cod fashion writer lost his bid for a new trial Friday when the state's highest court rejected his claims that racial bias tainted the jury's deliberations.

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Top GM exec says federal pay limits hurt company

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST

The top executive at General Motors said Friday that the automaker's attempt to rebound from its bankruptcy is being hindered by salary limits the government has clamped on executives at companies that accepted federal bailouts.

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Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST