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Judge: No mistrial in Drew Peterson murder case

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:49 PM PDT

A judge said Thursday that he believed Drew Peterson could receive a fair trial in his murder case, but not before chiding prosecutors for entering inadmissible evidence and criticizing them in front of jurors.

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UN General Assembly to denounce Syrian crackdown

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:59 PM PDT

With the U.N. Security Council deadlocked over the Syrian crisis, the General Assembly prepared Friday to denounce Syria for unleashing tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes on the people of Aleppo and Damascus, and demand that the Assad regime keep its chemical and biological weapons warehoused and under strict control.

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26 charges against Kan. abortion clinic dismissed

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:09 PM PDT

A Kansas judge on Thursday dismissed 26 misdemeanor charges against a Kansas City-area Planned Parenthood clinic, honoring a prosecutor's request to further narrow a criminal case over allegations the clinic performed illegal late-term abortions.

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