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Coroner: Gunman in Indiana standoff from Texas
A coroner says the gunman killed in a northwestern Indiana police standoff was a Texas man.
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Wis. officials unknowingly break law with Facebook
High-ranking members of both political parties were unaware that posting photos of completed ballots on Facebook or Twitter is illegal in Wisconsin, and they promised to quickly take down the posts Friday after election officials reminded voters of the law.
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Passenger restrained on flight to Miami arrested
A 24-year-old Canadian man is in federal custody for rushing toward the front of an American Airlines flight from Jamaica after the plane landed in Miami.
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Wash. hopes to buy historic ranch for conservation
Rattlesnake Mountain offers sweeping views of the historic McWhorter Ranch, a pristine property largely unchanged since it was settled in 1903, laced with dry grasses and sagebrush and home to elk and other wildlife. The ranch stretches down the mountain's south face across more than 20 square miles...
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Winds in NM fire force evacuation near ghost town
Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town were ordered Saturday to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically, as Colorado crews took to fighting a new fire along the Utah-Colorado border.
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Break in Patz brings hope, tears to other families
After 33 years, someone has confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. And people immediately start speaking of "closure."
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Mich. wildfire in grows to more than 21,000 acres
A wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula grew by 17 percent to more than 21,000 acres Saturday as officials warned of tough conditions and welcomed help from water-dumping aircraft from the Michigan National Guard.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibility
Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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Coroner: Gunman in Indiana standoff from Texas
A Texas man who took hostages in a northwestern Indiana realty office and held police at bay for several hours suffered three gunshot wounds before dying, likely from two different weapons, a coroner said Saturday.
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Crew of Va. ship in piracy drama sues for $50M
More than half the crew members of a container ship that was at the center of a piracy drama off Somalia in April 2009 are suing for nearly $50 million, contending their captain ignored warnings to sail clear of pirate-infested waters off Africa.






