Ariel Castro faces kidnap, rape charges
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Jodi Arias says she prefers death penalty
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Teen charged with homicide by assault in ref death
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Bangladesh factory fire kills 8; collapse toll hits 892
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Benghazi hearing ends but 'investigation is not over'
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., guided six hours of emotionally fraught, politically charged testimony.Read More ...
Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
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Man who voiced Charlie Brown sent to drug facility
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Police chief in crime-ridden Oakland plans to retire
Howard Jordan, 47, made the announcement on the Oakland Police Department website.Read More ...
Small helicopter crashes in downtown Honolulu
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Enron's Skilling could see 10-year sentence cut
Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's more than 24-year prison sentence could be reduced.Read More ...
Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting
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Sanford resurrects career, must rebuild reputation
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Dancer says she warned about Michael Jackson's health
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Tsarnaev family fears Russia may reject ashes
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Rural California man shot wife, 2 girls
Authorities were searching for a man suspected of the fatal shootings at their home.Read More ...
Residents near stinky landfill offered hotel stay
Residents unlucky enough to live near a foul-smelling landfill near Bridgeton, Mo., recently got some bad news and better news. The bad: The landfill stench is likely to get worse as officials go to work to fix the problem. The sort of good news: The owners of Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill in Missouri have offered residents [...]
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Colo. legislature votes to tax recreational pot
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The Colorado legislature passed and sent to the governor on Wednesday a bill to establish what would be the first tax ever collected on commercial sales of marijuana purchased for recreational use in the United States. The measure, which would impose a 15 percent excise tax plus a 10 percent statewide sales tax on retail pot purchases, was approved as package of measures to implement Colorado's landmark marijuana legalization law enacted by voters last fall. Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper was expected to sign the legislation. ...
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House approves bill to change overtime pay law
The Republican-led House on Wednesday approved a measure that would give private sector workers the option of trading overtime pay for extra time off weeks or months later.
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