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KKK member, accomplice created lethal X-ray system, FBI says
Two New York state men have been charged in a bizarre plan to develop a mobile X-ray system that would be used from afar to silently kill people that they deemed "undesirable," federal officials said.
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AP leak probe
The Justice Department's sweeping collection of Associated Press phone records as part of a national security leak investigation has had a chilling effect on sources, the news agency's top executive said on Wednesday.
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Gandolfini dead at 51
James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO's "The Sopranos," died after suffering a possible heart attack in Italy, an HBO spokeswoman and the actor's managers said Wednesday. He was 51.
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License, registration, DNA please
Deputies in Alabama set up roadblocks for a voluntary stop to ask questions about drinking and drug use, and to ask for breath, saliva and blood samples, all at the request of the NTSB.
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NYC police: Teacher accused of raping 10-year-old student
A Bronx public school teacher has been arrested and charged in the alleged rape of a 10-year-old student, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne.
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Passerby catches baby falling from awning in Brooklyn
A 1-year-old boy who plummeted two stories from a fire escape in Brooklyn on Wednesday was saved when a quick-thinking passerby saw the child and caught him as he fell, according to police.
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Suspect in Ohio forced labor case turns herself in
The fourth suspect in the Ohio forced labor case has turned herself in, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Celeb chef Paula Deen admits using 'N' word
Celebrity chef Paula Deen denies she's ever told racial jokes, but she did acknowledge using the "N" word, according to her deposition in a lawsuit.
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Group: Obesity is a disease
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Blaze roars near Yosemite
A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners, but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it.
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Obama calls for reducing U.S., Russian nukes
President Barack Obama will call for up to a one-third cut in nuclear warheads by the United States and Russia during a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, a senior administration official said.
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Jackson kids' testimony shown at pop star's death trial
Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter.
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Police: Day-care drugged kids
Getting children to take a nap can be hard. Getting them to eat pancakes is not nearly as difficult.
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What U.S. learned from surveillance
Peter Bergen says Americans will have to decide if the yield of NSA-monitored calls justifies the invasion of privacy
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Was TWA Flight 800 crash accidental?
Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was accidental.
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In Alaska, record temps fall, but relief coming
A high-pressure system over the Northwest United States is giving new meaning to the term Baked Alaska. But meteorologists say Alaska's cooling trend will continue on Wednesday after record highs earlier in the week.
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The long, strange search for Hoffa
Like a magician in a blue shirt and white socks, James Riddle Hoffa stood outside the Machus Red Fox in Michigan on July 30, 1975, made a phone call and vanished.
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Agents racing to save girl had one blurred clue
Federal agents watched in horror as an unknown man in an internet photo appealed for stomach-churning advice -- how to rape the child beside him. And as the clock ticked, their only clue to track the pair down is a blurred road sign.
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Tusks fund terror
Mark Quarterman says the slaughter of elephants for their tusks is at its worst in decades. As demand for ivory soars in Asia, Africa's vicious militant groups are killing elephants to pay for their arms and ammunition.
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Hoffa still missing
A second day of digging in a Detroit field yielded no sign of the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Undeterred, authorities will resume their hunt Wednesday morning.
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