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Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
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 AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
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2nd degree murder verdict in lacrosse death trial
(AP)
AP - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend that was fueled by jealousy over her relationship with another lacrosse player.
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Teenage girl dies after inhaling helium at party
(AP)
AP - Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, she piled into a car with a bunch of her friends and rode to a condo in Medford, Ore., where police say the big sister of one of her friends was throwing a party with booze and marijuana.
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Police: Girl forced to run 3 hours dies; 2 charged
(AP)
AP - At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and died days later, her death ruled a homicide.
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Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M
(AP)
 AP - Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.
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Police say love triangle led to CA murder-suicide
(AP)
AP - A 73-year-old gunman entangled in a love triangle shot and killed the treasurer of a remote-controlled airplane club who police said was having an affair with the estranged wife of the attacker.
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Washington state third grader shoots classmate
(Reuters)
Reuters - A boy in the third grade at a Washington state elementary school shot a female classmate on Wednesday, critically wounding the girl, authorities said.
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Virginia lawmakers pass revised ultrasound requirement
(Reuters)
Reuters - Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday passed a revised ultrasound requirement for women seeking abortions that dropped a mandatory internal scan, after Republican Governor Bob McDonnell shifted his stance on the hotly contested measure.
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Obama signs payroll tax cut extension into law
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has signed an extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut through the end of the year.
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Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case
(AP)
AP - A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions.
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Texas man gets life in prison in torture case
(AP)
AP - A Texas man who kidnapped his former neighbor and tortured her while holding her captive nearly two weeks was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
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8-year-old critical after Wash. school shooting
(AP)
AP - An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday after she shot in the abdomen at her elementary school near Seattle, and one of her classmates was detained, authorities said Wednesday.
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Judge says Wash. can't make pharmacies sell Plan B
(AP)
AP - Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.
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Ex-lacrosse player convicted of second-degree murder
(Reuters)
Reuters - A jury on Wednesday found former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend.
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Current, former Palin aides defend her
(AP)
AP - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin are strongly denouncing an upcoming HBO movie about the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Congressional offices receive mailed threats
(AP)
AP - Some congressional offices outside Washington and media organizations have received threatening letters containing a suspicious powdery substance that was tested and proved to be harmless, the FBI and the Senate's top law enforcement officer said Wednesday.
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Report: Crime at US public schools on the decline
(AP)
AP - Violent crime at the nation's schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity.
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Is It Time to Start Worrying About Inflation Again?
(Time.com)
Time.com - The greatest threat to any long-term investor is inflation. It not only erodes the value of stocks and bonds, but also depresses economic growth and misleads policymakers
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A Champion in Purgatory: Muhammad Ali Returns to Vegas
(Time.com)
Time.com - As part of an extended celebration of his 70th birthday, the ailing legend appears at a massive fundraiser to benefit brain research
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U.S. judge orders Moroccan held for Capitol plot
(Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered a Moroccan man to be held on charges that he planned a suicide bombing attack against Congress, believing he was working with al Qaeda militants when in fact his contacts were undercover agents.
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