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Lawyer: Ohio’s legal injection a human experiment
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An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio’s new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.
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Pa. university students must pass fitness class
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A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
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A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl’s body was found dumped off a rural road.
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Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful
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An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there’s no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
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Atty: Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect
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An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.
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Teen pleads guilty in July murder of border agent
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A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in July.
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Giuliani back in spotlight _ but what’s the show?
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Whether he’s planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star _ Sept. 11.
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UN committee targets Iran’s rights violations
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A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country’s disputed presidential election.
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Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
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The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site.
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Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits
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The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.
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CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face
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A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
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Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches
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California is investigating whether 30 Southern California churches were bilked of tens of thousands of dollars by companies that leased computer equipment.
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Wrongfully convicted NYC man freed after 17 years
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A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent.
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Militia movement resurfaces across nation
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Norm Olson’s genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government.
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U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes
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The University of Nebraska’s governing board has voted down a proposal to restrict the school’s rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.
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1 dead, 3 injured in Arizona mobile home fire
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A 2-year-old boy dragged a 1-year-old Arizona girl Friday from a house fire that killed her mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.
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AP NewsBreak: SC lawmakers to take up impeachment
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South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.
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NY man convicted in hot-car death of father, 85
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A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later.
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Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect
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A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.
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Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm
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Court documents show police linked a drug blamed in Michael Jackson’s death to the pop singer’s personal physician who bought it at a Las Vegas pharmacy.
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UC Berkeley students protest student fee hike
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University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees barricaded themselves Friday inside part of a campus building.
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Indy man convicted of killing 7 gets life sentence
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An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris
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The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee recommended no action beyond the letter.
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FBI investigating use of stun gun on 10-year-old
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The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer’s use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl who refused to take a shower.
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Emergency landing on tundra as smooth as runway
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An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the engine failed near Alaska’s Bering Sea coast.
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