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CNN.com - LawCourt upholds limits on Navy sonar training
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Slain wife accuses husband from the grave
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Prosecutors drop parent-killing case
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Priest accused of lying in mob investigation
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Inmate shot dead after brazen escape
Shots were fired Wednesday morning at Maryland's Laurel Regional Hospital, not far from the nation's capital, law enforcement sources told CNN.
Juror: Judge and jury pressured me to convict
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Man convicted for Internet hoax death
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Zoloft killer's 30-year sentence appealed
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Girl who shielded mom is a hero at school
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Holloway disappearance hits cold case file
None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said today. Hans Mos, the island nation's chief public prosecutor, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial.
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7.0 quake causes damage in New Zealand
A powerful predawn earthquake hit New Zealand, causing water mains to break and some buildings to crumble, though there were no immediate reports of deaths.
Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 1 storm Friday with winds of 85 mph, but the Northeast was still preparing to feel its fury.
Feds bust huge human-trafficking ring
Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.
UPS plane crashes near Dubai, kills 2
A cargo plane has crashed in an uninhabited area near the Dubai airport, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates.
Florida love triangle killer sentenced
A Florida judge sentenced Rachel Wade, the 20-year-old woman convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing her romantic rival in a fight last year, to 27 years in prison Friday.
Scientists find recipe for water in space
European scientists say they've figured out the recipe for water in space: Just add starlight.
25 drug suspects die in shootout
A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico left 25 of the suspects dead, the regional military said Thursday.
Opinion: Plea to free U.S. hikers in Iran
When the month of Ramadan began, I received a letter from Laura Fattal, the mother of one of the three young American hikers detained in Iran. In it, Fattal appealed to me, the first Muslim scholar she had contacted, to intervene on behalf of her son and his two friends.
Acid victim: Shades, God saved eyes
Bethany Storro doesn't usually wear sunglasses, but she got a surprise paycheck and bought a pair earlier this week. Those sunglasses, she is convinced, saved her eyesight when a woman threw a cup of acid in her face 20 minutes later.
Religious leaders hit back at Hawking
After physicist Stephen Hawking's claim that God didn't create the universe, the head of the Church of England says that "physics on its own will not settle the question of why there is something rather than nothing."
