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Two charged in connection with Virginia fires

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 13:21

Two people were arrested overnight and charged with one count of arson in connection with a string of suspicious fires in Accomack County, Virginia state police said Tuesday.

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Arkansas airports told to look for stolen plane

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 11:15

All airports in Arkansas were put on alert Tuesday over a report that someone might have been flying a stolen plane, according to Shane Carter, director of public affairs for Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock.

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Pizza deliveryman's wife angry over Ebel release

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 10:44

Relatives of a pizza deliveryman believed slain by the same man who killed Colorado's prisons chief say a court's apology for a clerical error that led to the suspect's early release isn't enough.

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Few clues in killings; officials nervous

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 09:42

The manhunt for whoever gunned down two local prosecutors faces a steep battle, even with local, state and federal authorities scouring for clues.

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First defendants in Atlanta cheating scandal surrender

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 09:13

Before daylight on Tuesday, the first of 35 educators indicted in a cheating scandal that rocked Atlanta's public schools turned themselves in to the Fulton County Jail.

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Prosecutors: State senator, councilman conspired to fix mayoral race

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 09:09

New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested Tuesday morning on charges they schemed to fix the city's 2013 mayoral election through fraud and bribery, according to prosecutors.

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40 years after epic fire, convicted man to go free

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 09:08

What is it like to be thrown behind bars when you're 16 and told you'll languish there for the rest of your life? All for a crime you adamantly claim you didn't commit.

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Free shotguns plan stirs debate

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 00:29

A former Tucson, Arizona, mayoral candidate is leading a plan to give shotguns to homeowners as a way to reducing crime.

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Rules for one of the most violent gangs

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 00:28

A fmr. white supremacist explains the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, which is being eyed in the killing of two prosecutors.

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Conn. panel crafts gun law overhaul

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 00:25

A bipartisan legislative task force in Connecticut has agreed on a major overhaul of the state's gun laws in the aftermath of December's deadly attack on an elementary school, lawmakers announced Monday.

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Ex-Klansman who apologized for racist past dies

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 00:19

Elwin Wilson, a former Ku Klux Klan member who apologized for his racist past and specifically for beating a black man who went on to become a U.S. congressman, has died. He was 76.

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Suspect in prisons chief's death was freed four years early

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 20:35

The man suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief was still supposed to be behind bars. But because of a clerical error, Evan Ebel was let out of prison in January -- four years early.

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Texas prosecutors mourn Mike McLelland, 'a big bear of a guy'

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 18:32

Mike McLelland came to the law late in life.

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Police suspect man of drug use in Walmart crash and attack

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 14:40

The man who police say plowed his vehicle into a California Walmart, where he then attacked several customers, was booked Monday on four counts of assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.

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DA wants death penalty in Colo. shooting

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 10:37

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes despite his offer last week to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding a death sentence.

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Life or death for Colorado movie theater shooter?

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 07:53

Prosecutors will decide Monday whether they will accept a defense request to take the death penalty off the table if James Holmes pleads guilty.

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Who's killing Texas prosecutors?

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 07:52

Frayed nerves and a palpable tension cloak this quiet Texas county where the FBI, the Texas Rangers and half a dozen other agencies are on the hunt for the killer or killers bent on taking out top criminal justice officials.

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Grand jury indicts 35 teachers, administrators in Ga. cheating scandal

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 07:51

Thirty-five Atlanta Public Schools educators and administrators were indicted Friday on a myriad of charges in connection with alleged cheating in standardized testing, one of the largest cheating scandals to hit the nation's public education system.

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