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Sunday, September 20, 2015

City Lawyers Claim That the Murder of a Woman in a Public Housing Development Was Her Own Fault

A college student who was murdered at an East Harlem housing project in 2013, should have known the “risks” of being there, say city lawyers who don’t want to give her family a settlement. In 2013, Olivia Brown was shot and killed by Michele “Mohawk” Graham after they got into anargument at the...

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Police arrest suspect in string of Phoenix freeway shootings

Play Video PHOENIX (AP) — Police arrested a man Friday for a string of seemingly random freeway shootings in Phoenix, adding that they had linked the man's gun to four of the 11 cars hit. Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., 21, was arrested at a Wal-Mart in Glendale, a...

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Boston 'Baby Doe' ID'd as 'Bella,' Suspect Charged With Her Murder

Click to see more picture The identity of the young girl found dead inside a trash bag in Massachusetts earlier this summer was finally revealed today, officials said, and a man has been charged with her murder. The girl found dead on Deer Island in June and nicknamed...

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Russia threatens Poland over dismantling Soviet monument

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In a new dispute exposing the complexity of Poland's relations with Russia, Moscow is threatening Warsaw with "most serious consequences" for dismantling a monument to a Soviet World War II general. The removal of the 1970s memorial to Gen. Ivan Chernyakhovsky began Thursday in...

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Islamist shot dead after stabbing German policewoman

Berlin (AFP) - An Iraqi man who spent time in jail for membership in an Islamist terrorist group was shot dead by German police Thursday after he stabbed and seriously wounded a policewoman. The 41-year-old man had been convicted in 2008 of planning an attack in Berlin against...

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Here’s a photo of the clock that isn’t a bomb but got 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed arrested anyway

14-year-old Irving, Texas native Ahmed Mohamed was practically born a mechanical engineer. He loves robotics and he regularly builds things like clocks and radios at home. Earlier this week, the young MacArthur High School student went to school with one of his latest projects in hand, a homemade clock of...

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Mom Who Killed Son By Injecting Hand Sanitizer Into His Feeding Tube Gets 40 Years

A Louisiana mother who confessed to putting hand sanitizer and perfume in her toddler's feeding tube - ultimately killing him - has been sentenced to 40 years behind bars. Erika Wigstrom, 22, was handed the maximum sentence after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2014 death of...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Northern California wildfire kills 1, destroys 400 homes

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Earlier this summer, this small mountain town north of San Francisco opened its modest high school to residents fleeing an unusually ferocious wildfire nearby. The town's small cluster of shops and cafes was spared, but behind them erratic winds sent flames zigzagging down leafy...

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2 bodies found in ruins of Sierra Nevada foothills fire

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Two bodies were found at the site of a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills, while dogs were used Wednesday to search for a former police reporter and several other people who authorities fear were killed in a separate, fast-moving blaze in Northern California....

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Apple Software Update: iOS 9

iOS 9 is full of enhancements you’ll appreciate every day. Your apps become more essential. New multitasking features on iPad make you even more productive. Siri can do more than ever, and new proactive suggestions help you get things done before you ask. What’s new in iOS. And...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Cops: Son Who Tried to Murder His Parents Had Been Planning Attack Since He Was 11

Cameron Ervin, 17, and his 22-year-old brother Christopher are accused of brutally attackingtheir parents, Yvonne and Zachary Ervin, at their Atlanta-area home on September 5. Read: Mom Attacked by 2 Sons Begs for Help in Chilling 911 Call: 'My Children Are Trying to Kill Me' As the brothers spoke...

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Professor killed at Mississippi university, fellow teacher sought

JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) - A Mississippi college professor was shot and killed in his campus office on Monday, and police said a fellow Delta State University teacher was "a person of interest" in the shooting. Authorities said they were searching for geography and social science instructor Shannon Lamb...

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Appeal by 'Diva of Distressed' spotlights SEC in-house court

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's controversial use of in-house judges to enforce federal securities laws is about to undergo a major test. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wednesday will hear arguments over whether to revive a lawsuit...

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Inmate who raped Arizona prison teacher gets life in prison

accused of attacking a state prison teacher in Florence, Ariz. FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona inmate who pleaded guilty to raping a prison teacher apologized to the woman in court Monday before being sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Jacob Harvey's apology came...

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Woman killed, 400 homes destroyed by California wildfire

By Curtis Skinner Firefighters throw dirt on a hot spot while battling the Valley Fire near Middleton, California September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Noah Berger LAKEPORT, Calif. (Reuters) - A Northern California wildfire ranked as the most destructive to hit the drought-stricken U.S. West this year has killed a woman...

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Mississippi college instructor suspected of killing partner, college professor commits suicide

An instructor at Mississippi's Delta State University suspected of killing the woman he lived with and a colleague -- possibly as the result of a love triangle -- died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound late Monday, authorities said. Local media, citing the Washington County Sheriff's office and other...

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