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OKLAHOMA CITY — The last person known to see an Oklahoma woman whose body was found last month about 21 years after she went missing... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes said at a news conference Thursday that the case was "an open wound" for troopers in New Jersey and around the country. Yet the FBI's full-scale assault on the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s remains an open wound for the nation itself Joseph Lowndes http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-lowndes/

VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — Investigators searching for evidence in the stabbing death of an 8-year-old girl were looking Friday at several knives taken from her... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

New York City is the safest big city in America, in part because our registry allows the police to shine a light on gun offenders. Now, the State Legislature must follow in the City's footsteps by providing law enforcement with this common-sense crime-fighting tool that will help keep the public safe. Ruben Diaz Jr. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ruben-diaz-jr/

Cinco de Mayo is also a holiday which celebrates the Mexican people and their indomitable spirit, so it's important to not only get drunk, but... Guyism.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

JACKSON, Miss. — An autopsy report says a man admitted to killing a Mississippi mayoral candidate in February and that the victim died from lack... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jermaine-spradley/

There is nothing celebratory about the fact that 11,000 Americans die each year from gun violence. Despite these morbid realities, the NRA is still celebrating this weekend in the Lone Star State, slowly but surely consigning itself to irrelevance. Sen. Richard Blumenthal http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-richard-blumenthal/

WEST, Texas -- Burglars occasionally sneaked into and around a Texas fertilizer plant in the years before a massive, deadly explosion – sometimes looking for... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia abortion provider will spend another weekend in custody after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his murder case. Dr.... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, who is the mother of his baby... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-klopman/

I anticipated seeing a defeated elderly man, but it was quite the opposite. Those cold blue-gray eyes revealed a man in control, a criminal mastermind who plans to take the stand this summer and share secrets -- secrets some had hoped would be forever buried along with the dead. Jon Leiberman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-leiberman/

University of Wyoming student Meg Lanker-Simons was outraged earlier this month when an anonymous user on the Facebook page “UW Crushes,” described wanting to perform... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-klein/

CALGARY - Co-workers of a Calgary woman accused of killing two of her newborns says she was noticeably pregnant on at least three occasions.Meredith Borowiec... CP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seema-dhawan/

Despite 2,200 tips and 18 months, Redmond toddler Sky Metalwala remains missing. The Bellevue Police Department put out a renewed call for information in the... Redmond.Patch.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-thomas/

Puffs of smoke or ash still occasionally rose from a building Friday morning at a world-famous Detroit art installation as the artist sat across the... David Sands http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sands/

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Former teachers of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings described him on Friday as... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kavitha-a-davidson/

"Big Frank," the former body guard of late rapper Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, was found dead in his California home Sunday night. Frank Alexander, 54, was... Megan Griffo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

BOSTON -- Funeral arrangements for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police are being handled by a funeral home that has... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

In my last life, I worked as a federal public defender in Boston and had the occasion to represent Richard Reid, the failed or would-be shoe-bomber. Tamar Birckhead http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamar-birckhead/

A Florida man may have learned the hard way that it is better to keep one's drugs in a fanny pack, rather than packed in... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/