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Man killed after airport gunfire
HOUSTON — A man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston’s largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sent people in the t...
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Associated Press Supporters look on as Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (sitting third from right) signs a bill abolishing capital punishment in the state during a ceremony in Annapolis on Thursday. Also sitting (from left) are Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch.
Governor signs repeal of death penalty
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death penalty in nearly 50 years, joinin...
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Fresh off of victory, NRA holds Houston convention
AUSTIN, Texas — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back agai...
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Daughter voices anger at mom
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The teenage daughter of a woman who just revealed she abandoned her family 11 years ago said Thursday the disclosure has angered her and she is not eager to restart their relation...
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Associated Press Officials load a plane part that was discovered wedged between an apartment building and a mosque into a truck in New York on Wednesday. Authorities believe the plane part is from one of the two hijacked airliners that brought down the trade center on Sept. 11, 2001.
No remains found near 9/11 airplane part
NEW YORK — Using a pulley system and sheer brawn, police removed a suspected 9/11 plane part from between two buildings near the World Trade Center site, and the medical examiner said no potential ...
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Associated Press US military guards walk within the Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in June 2006 in Cuba. President Barack Obama's stated desire to try anew to close the Guantanamo Bay prison remains a tough sell in Congress. The White House may look instead toward smaller steps, such as a new push to move some terror suspects overseas.
Gitmo closure appears elusive
WASHINGTON — Despite President Barack Obama’s new vow, closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is still a tough sell in Congress. So the White House may look instead toward smaller steps like transferrin...
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Missing woman, thought dead, surfaces in Florida
LITITZ, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has surfaced in Florida, telling police she traveled there on a whim ...
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Ohio executes man who killed infant
LUCASVILLE, Ohio — One family wept loudly and another family cheered Wednesday as a man was executed for killing a 6-month-old as he raped her. Steve Smith, 46, was executed by lethal injection ...
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Woman disfigured in attack reveals post-surgery face
BOSTON — A Vermont woman revealed her new face Wednesday, six years after her ex-husband disfigured her by dousing her with industrial-strength lye, and said she went through “what some may call he...
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Associated Press A cross marks a grave at the Wounded Knee National Historic landmark in South Dakota in February 2012. Wednesday was the final day a landowner had given the Oglala Sioux Tribe to make an offer to buy a portion of the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark.
Tribe faces ultimatum on sale of historic site
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and h...
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