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1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
5 hours 58 mins ago
A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing.
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Names of those killed in Oklahoma tornado
4 hours 48 mins ago
The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children:
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More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash
7 hours 50 mins ago
A school bus slammed into the back of another one Wednesday afternoon, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured.
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Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
10 hours 2 mins ago
The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define _ for better or worse _ Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
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FBI arrests suspect in Wash. state ricin case
17 mins ago
The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.
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Colorado killer's reprieve sharply criticized
19 mins ago
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election.
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Jury in Jodi Arias trial resumes deliberations
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Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying.
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Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs
29 mins ago
U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.
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Greek beach evacuated after artillery discovery
A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach.
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Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted
Afghanistan's cricket board says gunmen have kidnapped the father of its national team captain.
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Finance
Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June _ if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those ...
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