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Jury Issues Death Sentence In Pa. Officer Slaying

Jury Sentences Confessed Cop Killer To Death In Slaying During 2007 Robbery In Philadelphia (AP) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia jury has sentenced a confessed cop killer to death for fatally shooting a police officer during...

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Southern Calif. Wildfire Spreads Amid Gusty Winds

Wind-driven Wildfire Breaks Out In Southern California Hills, Authorities Shut Down Freeway (AP) ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A wind-driven wildfire broke out south of Los Angeles Tuesday night as late season Santa Ana winds blasted...

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Feds Blame Low Oxygen For Alabama Mine Death

1 Dead, Several Overcome In Alabama Coal Mine; Federal Safety Experts Blame Low Oxygen Levels (AP) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Low oxygen levels apparently caused the death of a coal miner at a west Alabama mine where several...

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7-alarm fire hits Dallas construction site

DALLAS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Seven firefighters were injured in a seven-alarm fire in a under-construction Dallas apartment complex, a fire-rescue spokesman said. Three of the firefighters were hospitalized for injuries sustained...

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Report: Indiana Power Plants 4th Dirtiest in US

Environmental group says Indiana power plants ranked 4th dirtiest in US; Texas tops list By CHARLES WILSON Associated Press Writer INDIANAPOLIS November 24, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Coal-hungry Indiana...

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Lead, dangerous chemicals found in toys despite law

Despite a new law that bans six chemicals from children's products and lowers the lead limit for them, a public interest group has found a number of toys at major retailers that contain the chemicals and illegal amounts of lead.

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Teen says he's sorry about Florida boy's burning

Hospital officials say Michael Brewer, 15, shown at a burn center, communicates only in one- or two-word answers. Jeremy Jarvis, 13, who saw teen set on fire, apologizes, says he's praying for recovery Authorities say police...

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Jury adjourns till Monday in Ponzi fraud case

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters will wait at least six more days to learn his fate after a federal jury adjourned deliberations without reaching a verdict over whether he orchestrated a $3.65...

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‘Junior’ Gotti jury signals deadlock — again

Jury can't reach unanimous verdict on racketeering murder-related charges Boy apologizes for teen's burning Nov. 24: A 13-year-old boy, who witnessed his brother and friends set another teenager on fire, apologizes today....

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Iraqi VP warns he'll veto election legislation for second time

Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president said Tuesday he will again veto legislation that sets the framework for the country's upcoming elections, saying revisions passed after his first veto made the bill worse.

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