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Death of Arizona serial killer ruled a suicide
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10 Things to Know for Friday
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Panel suggests $7.7M breakdown of Newtown payments
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NC House approves abortion legislation
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Saudi princess posts $5 million bail after arrest
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Arab group files bank account closures lawsuit
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Mo. AG's office joins prosecution of Saudi student
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IN THE CAMPS
Judge: Searching Guantánamo detainees’ genitals impedes attorney meetings
A federal judge in Washington issued a sharply worded order that found guards’ searches of Guantánamo detainees’ genitals discouraged attorney-client meetings.
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IN THE CAMPS
Guantánamo: 2 detainees quit hunger strike; calm in communal prison
Two Guantánamo captives have quit their hunger strike, the military said Thursday, reporting the first dip in the prison camps protest and a cessation of clashes between guards and prisoners that coincides with the Ramadan holiday.
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HUNGER STRIKE
Feinstein, Durbin ask Obama to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings
Two leading Democratic senators on Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to order the Pentagon to stop routinely force-feeding hunger strikers at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo and adopt a model that feeds out of medical necessity, like in the federal prison system.
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Israel | RON DERMER
Former Miami Beach resident Ron Dermer to be Israel’s ambassador to U.S.
Former Miami Beach resident Ron Dermer will become Israel’s top diplomat in the United States.
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Investigators look into pairing of Asiana pilots
As Flight 214 descended over San Francisco Bay, both Asiana Airlines pilots were in new roles.
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HUNGER STRIKE
Rapper’s graphic video puts spotlight on Guantánamo forced-feeding at Ramadan
A London legal groups’s advocacy efforts expands with a video starring rapper Mos Def playing the role of a detainee being force-fed.
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Experts: Obama’s plan to predict future leakers unproven, unlikely to work
In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not scientifically proven to work, according to experts and government documents.
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Women in Ohio kidnap case thank public for support
Stylish and smiling, three women allegedly held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade offered thanks on YouTube for emotional and financial backing they've received since going "through hell and back."
Multimedia
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Diary reveals school aide had student's baby
Authorities say the diary of a Southern California teacher's aide reveals her sexual relationship with an u...
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NTSB findings on SF plane crash at a glance
After departing from Shanghai and stopping in Seoul, Asiana Flight 214 makes its final approach into San Fr...
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Court denies Fort Hood suspect access to evidence
The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, cannot access evidence obtai...
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Photographer charged after flying over feedlot
A National Geographic freelance photographer who took pictures of a western Kansas feedlot from a paraglide...
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NTSB: No sign of mechanical trouble on Asiana 214
Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, the head of the Nationa...
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Army relieves Fort Jackson general
The Army has removed from the command of its largest training post the one-star general suspended in May ov...
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Descendants of Sand Creek Massacre victims sue
A lawsuit filed by descendants of American Indians killed in the Sand Creek Massacre argues the federal gov...
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John Kerry's wife moved to rehab hospital
Teresa Heinz Kerry has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital in Boston as the condition of the wife of U....
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PolitiFact
Myths abound in immigration reform debate
PolitiFact scrutinized plenty of myths about the Senate immigration bill. Here are a few of them.
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IN THE COURTS
Lawyers argue Guantánamo captive so sick he should go home
Lawyers for a Sudanese captive who is obese and has been diagnosed as schizophrenic argue, in a novel habea...
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10 die as air taxi crashes in Alaska
All 10 people aboard an air taxi died as the aircraft crashed and was engulfed in flames at a small Alaska ...
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VISITOR VISAS
Visa-fraud prosecutions across U.S. increase
Government Accountability Office auditors found that consulates, which issue visas, do not systematically u...
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Medication shortages: ‘Truly a public health crisis’
Rationing medical care is denounced as immoral in the United States, yet it goes on daily in hospitals, cl...
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Fla. Supreme Court overturns 2 death sentences
The Florida Supreme Court overturned two death sentences Wednesday, including one given to a Broward County...
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IN THE CAMPS
Judge: Searching Guantánamo detainees’ genitals impedes attorney meetings
A federal judge in Washington issued a sharply worded order that found guards’ searches of Guantá...
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The CIA and a secret vacuum cleaner
How the accused 9/11 mastermind worked on designing a better vacuum cleaner while in CIA custody, to keep h...
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HUNGER STRIKE
Feinstein, Durbin ask Obama to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings
Two leading Democratic senators on Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to order the Pentagon to stop rou...
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HUNGER STRIKE
Rapper’s graphic video puts spotlight on Guantánamo forced-feeding at Ramadan
A London legal groups’s advocacy efforts expands with a video starring rapper Mos Def playing the role...
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Witness: No harm to US from leaked Guantánamo files
Secret threat assessments of Guantánamo Bay detainees that Pfc. Bradley Manning gave to WikiLeaks did ...
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IN THE COURTS
Lawyers argue Guantánamo captive so sick he should go home
Lawyers for a Sudanese captive who is obese and has been diagnosed as schizophrenic argue, in a novel habea...
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Judge: I can’t stop Guantánamo force-feeding, but Obama can
A federal judge voiced sympathy Monday for hunger-striking Guantánamo detainees, noting that while was...
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