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4 pit bulls blamed for S. Calif. jogger's killing
A pack of dogs remained under quarantine at a Mojave Desert shelter on Friday as investigators tried to determine whether they were involved in a mauling that killed a jogger.
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IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups
The Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.
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Govt stops study seeking to prevent type of stroke
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a condition in the brain that can cause strokes. Early results suggest invasive therapies are riskier than previously thought.
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200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant
A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade.
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Spire permanently installed on WTC tower
A tall, heavy spire was fully installed atop One World Trade Center on Friday, bringing the New York City structure to its symbolic height of 1,776 feet.
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Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion
Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.
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DNA shows Ohio kidnapping suspect fathered girl
A DNA test confirmed another dark twist in the story of three women imprisoned in a house for about a decade: Kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl who escaped from the house along with the women, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Paramedic who responded to Texas blast arrested
A Texas paramedic who helped evacuate people on the night of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West has been charged with possessing bomb-making materials, including a pipe and chemicals.
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Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody
A Carnegie Mellon University student has been charged with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop in Pennsylvania complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope.
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Report: Oakland's police lack accountability
High-ranking Oakland police officers are not being held properly accountable for the crimes occurring in the areas they oversee, according to a report by former Los Angeles police chief Bill Bratton.
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Ga. has parole officers work in cars, not offices
Georgia is pioneering a new strategy to eliminate parole offices, an effort officials say allows the officers to spend more time working with people in the community and also saves money.
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Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion
Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.
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NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak
Two astronauts will do a spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system at the International Space Station.
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Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody
A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope.
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OJ to get Vegas court hearing on bid for new trial
O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case.
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Boston bomb suspect buried in Virginia cemetery
Officials say they will examine whether all laws were followed in carrying out the hushed burial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Virginia.
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Bloodless bank heist impressed cybercrime experts
A bloodless bank heist that netted more than $45 million has left even cybercrime experts impressed by the technical sophistication, if not the virtue, of the con artists who pulled off a remarkable internationally organized attack.
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DNA shows Ohio kidnapping suspect fathered girl
A DNA test confirmed another dark twist in the story of three women imprisoned in a house for about a decade: Kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl who escaped from the house along with the women, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Judge in NYC refuses to suspend his Plan B ruling
A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women.
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Search ongoing for dead Kansas woman's daughter
Crews on foot, horseback and all-terrain vehicles resumed their search Friday for an 18-month-old girl who is presumed dead after the bodies of her mother and two men were found at an eastern Kansas farm.
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