| California man gets death sentence for torture-murder of 16-year-old runaway
A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a 16-year-old runaway girl who was stabbed more than 130 times and left in a...
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| DC Metro crash spurs backers of federal oversight of transit safety, but opposition looms
Supporters of a bill that would give federal regulators power to force transit agencies to make safety improvements are rallying around a ruling that the lack of federal oversight contributed...
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| House approves bill to crack down on offshore drilling, remove liability cap in oil spills
The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and...
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| Florida Store Clerk Invokes Jesus to Foil Robbery
It was one of the most gentle, remorseful and respectful attempted robberies ever. A soft-spoken young woman working in a Florida cellphone store talked an apologetic, nervous bandit out of...
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| Attorney says Russian boy returned by American adoptive mother has been placed in orphanage
An attorney for an adoption agency says a Russian boy who was sent back to Moscow by his American adoptive mother has been placed back in an orphanage.
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| First-Families Who Tied the Knot
As former first daughter Chelsea Clinton prepares to walk down the aisle Saturday, take a look back at some other first-family weddings.
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| Wildlife rescue escalates along Mich. river oil spill; pipeline company says oil is contained
Volunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the...
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| Haiti Orphan Gets New Chance at Life in Minnesota
A little orphan from Haiti has secured six more months in the United States as doctors in Minnesota try to treat a potentially deadly heart condition
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| Anti-Defamation League comes out against proposed mosque, Islamic center near ground zero
The nation's leading Jewish civil rights group has come out against the planned mosque and Islamic community center near ground zero, saying more information is needed about funding for the...
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| Explosion at new Mass. condo complex hurts 8; 1 construction worker is pulled from rubble
A condominium exploded while under construction Friday, injuring eight people, including five construction workers. A resident and two firefighters were also injured.
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