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CNN.com - LawCourt upholds limits on Navy sonar training
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Slain wife accuses husband from the grave
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Prosecutors drop parent-killing case
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Priest accused of lying in mob investigation
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Inmate shot dead after brazen escape
Shots were fired Wednesday morning at Maryland's Laurel Regional Hospital, not far from the nation's capital, law enforcement sources told CNN.
Juror: Judge and jury pressured me to convict
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Man convicted for Internet hoax death
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Zoloft killer's 30-year sentence appealed
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Girl who shielded mom is a hero at school
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Holloway disappearance hits cold case file
None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said today. Hans Mos, the island nation's chief public prosecutor, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial.
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U.S.: Pennsylvania 'Jihad Jane' tried to recruit terrorists
A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.
Jury urges death for 'Bachelor No. 1'
A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.
Ex-doc sentenced for wife's poisoning
A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago. The judge lamented that she could not hand down a stiffer sentence.
Missing executive's body found in river
The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.
Police: Ohio State shooter killed himself
A gunman apparently angry over a poor evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building today, killing a manager and then himself, police said.
Oscar interrupter: I was wronged
A documentary producer who interrupted a director's Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night says she was the one who was "big-footed" on stage.
State Dept. sorry for Gadhafi remark
The State Department spokesman apologized Tuesday for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that threatened to turn into a diplomatic incident between the two countries.
China may ban eating dogs, cats
Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.
Jobless benefit bill moves forward
A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.
Health insurance conference picketed
Progressive activists ratcheted up the pressure for health care reform Tuesday, picketing in front of a hotel where a group of insurance industry leaders were meeting.
