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Woman with flesh-eating disease improving in rehab

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:09 AM PDT

The father of a woman battling a rare flesh-eating disease says his daughter is making significant strides in her physical rehabilitation.

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Mass. father under extreme stress before shootings

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:59 AM PDT

Friends of a Massachusetts man police say fatally shot his 7-year-old daughter, critically injured his 9-year-old son, and killed himself had been under extreme stress recently.

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Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:59 AM PDT

The nation's weather

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:09 AM PDT

Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, July 30, 2012. Expect little change in weather activity on Monday as monsoonal moisture streams across the Southwest, high pressure ridging persists in the south-central U.S., frontal disturbances push through the Midwest, and a trough of low pressure with waves of energy linger over the East.

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10 Things to Know for Monday

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:39 AM PDT

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):

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Calif. roller coaster strands dozen for 2 hours

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:29 AM PDT

A newly built roller coaster stalled 150 feet above ground Sunday afternoon, stranding a dozen riders for almost two hours at a Northern California amusement park, a park spokeswoman said.

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Obama welcomes new ambassadors

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:49 AM PDT

A dozen new foreign ambassadors are scheduled to present their credentials to President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday.

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Colorado shooting suspect faces formal charges

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:29 AM PDT

Launching a case that legal analysts expect to be dominated by arguments over the defendant's sanity, Colorado prosecutors are filing formal charges Monday against James Eagan Holmes, the former neuroscience student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at an Aurora movie theater.

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Quotations of the day

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:10 AM PDT

"Make no mistake, the ayatollahs in Iran are testing our moral defenses. They want to know who will object and who will look the other way. We will not look away nor will our country ever look away from our passion and commitment to Israel." -- Mitt Romney saying the United States has "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" ...

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What to do about protecting distracted pedestrians

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:10 AM PDT

A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks.

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AP Exclusive: Guards at 7 Ill. prisons searched

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:10 AM PDT

Illinois authorities took the unusual step of searching guards and other prison employees for contraband as they left at least seven facilities last week, sparking worker allegations that the checks may have been reprisals for complaints about overcrowding and understaffing and inside information leaked to the news media, workers and union officials told The Associated Press.

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NY woman sentenced for kidnapping, raising baby

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:39 PM PDT

A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital more than two decades ago and raised her as her own was being sentenced on Monday.

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Panda cub born at San Diego Zoo

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:19 PM PDT

A 20-year-old giant panda has given birth at the San Diego Zoo, and it's a record.

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Student charged with threats against Kent State

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:59 PM PDT

Police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old Kent State University student who posted a message on Twitter saying he planned to "shoot up" the campus.

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Police: Man charged in 3 slayings says he erred

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:50 PM PDT

Hours after authorities began investigating the shooting deaths of three people in a central Pennsylvania home, the man later charged in the case admitted to state police that he'd "messed up."

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Hundreds decrying police violence march in Anaheim

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Hundreds of protesters denounced recent fatal police shootings and issued a call for peace in the community even as police arrested at least nine people in separate marches Sunday.

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Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Tech titans face off in court over iPhone, iPad

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT

Two tech titans will square off in federal court Monday in a closely watched trial over control of the U.S. smartphone and computer tablet markets.

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Student charged with threats against Kent State

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:40 PM PDT

Police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old Kent State University student who posted a message on Twitter saying he planned to "shoot up" the campus.

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7 die in head-on collision on I-10 near Phoenix

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Seven people have died in a crash on Interstate 10 near Phoenix after a semitrailer truck crossed the highway's median and struck a van head on.

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