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NYPD: Man implicates self in Patz disappearance
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A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday.
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In US, Castro's daughter focuses on gay rights
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The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro brought her fight for gay rights to a U.S. forum Wednesday, stressing the need to secure social equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation.
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Md. police: Man, 2 sons found dead in manure pit
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Maryland authorities are trying to find out how a man and his two teenage sons fell into a manure pit and died at the dairy farm where they worked.
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Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire
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A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said Wednesday.
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Cops: Pa. men mistook Bible for purse in snatching
14 mins ago
Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman's Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground.
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Texan convicted of helping al-Qaida to learn fate
25 mins ago
A Texas man convicted of trying to help al-Qaida in 2010 will soon learn his sentence from a federal judge in Houston.
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Police chief defends cops' search for son's iPhone
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The police chief of the California college town of Berkeley is defending using 10 officers _ some on overtime _ to search for his teenage son's stolen iPhone.
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US Attorney Fitzgerald to talk life after Chicago
38 mins ago
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald seemed perfectly suited for his job: Relentless in going after corruption and seemingly oblivious to the politics of the public figures, government officials and business leaders his office prosecuted and sent to prison.
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Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts
A Silicon Valley software executive put fake bar codes on Lego sets at various Target stores, bought the toys at a steep discount, then sold them online for thousands of dollars, authorities ...
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Highway, bridge tolls higher for out-of-towners
Some tolling authorities have found a way to give local motorists a discount on tolls while charging out-of-towners a higher rate for using the same roads and bridges.
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