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Arias trial wraps for day, continues Tuesday
84 mins ago
The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day Monday after a series of legal arguments in which her defense lawyers asked for a mistrial and to withdraw from the case.
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Illinois State Police: 5 killed in I-70 van crash
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Five people died and six others were taken to hospitals Monday after the van they were riding in left a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times, Illinois State Police said.
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Oklahoma, other tornado-hit states brace for more
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When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left.
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Colo. firefighters use ladder truck to rescue bear
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It was a bigger-than-average tree rescue for firefighters in Colorado Springs.
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Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy
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Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommend that design changes to tent cabins and other lodging run by private concessionaires first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.
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Calif. dad of slain girl unsure why home targeted
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A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his house over the weekend, firing a barrage of bullets that instantly killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched television from a chair near the front picture window.
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Omaha task force probes 4 slayings 5 years apart
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Authorities in Omaha have launched a task force to investigate any connection between last week's killings of a Creighton University professor and his wife and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper.
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Police to offer new details in Susan Powell case
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A police agency is offering new details about the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect.
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Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
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Algerian Islamist demands ill president appear
The head of Algeria's main Islamist political party has called for the country's ailing president to appear on television to dispel rumors over his health after a three week absence.
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Politics
Schweitzer elected chairman of Stillwater board
Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board _ but he also isn't ...
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Finance
Wal-Mart told to provide more info in bribe case
A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in ...
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