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Texan gets 20-year prison term for al-Qaida links
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A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison _ the maximum punishment he could receive.
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Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shooting
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A 17-year-old boy will be tried as an adult in the Ohio school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday.
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Jury in John Edwards trial asks for 20 exhibits
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The jury in the John Edwards campaign-finance fraud trial is asking to see about 20 more evidence exhibits during its fifth day of deliberations.
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Monsignor: I didn't put list of predators in safe
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A Roman Catholic church official says he typed a list of 35 accused predator-priests on his computer, but couldn't find it 10 years later to show a Philadelphia grand jury.
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Closing arguments set in Fort Hood suspect's trial
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Attorneys will make their closing arguments in the trial of an Army private accused of plotting to bomb a restaurant filled with troops near Fort Hood in Texas.
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Feds: Sex trafficking ring used Backpage.com ads
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A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa.
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14-year-old Texan wins National Geographic Bee
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A first-time National Geographic Bee contender from Texas has won the annual competition in Washington.
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Forecasters: 9 to 15 storms this hurricane season
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U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms.
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6-year-olds wander from Pa. school to museum
Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are investigating an impromptu field trip of sorts that occurred when two 6-year-old students wandered away from their school and walked to the city's Children's Museum a few ...
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Politics
Romney faces tough questions from black leaders
Mitt Romney is facing tough questions about how his education proposals would affect black communities.
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Finance
News Summary: Land conflicts stunt Vietnam plans
DEVELOPMENT BLOCKED: Construction foreman Do Quoc Tai and his neighbors have strong-armed the Vietnamese government, blocking a major ring road in Hanoi that's a symbol of the country's push to modernize.
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Health
Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, ...
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