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‘West Memphis Three’ Released in Rare Plea Deal
Damien Echols, one of the three men known as the West Memphis Three. (Photo: Steve Hebert / The New York Times) Jonesboro, Ark. - The end, if …
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Israel Launches Airstrikes on Gaza
Cairo - Egypt has registered a formal complaint with Israel over the killings of three Egyptian officers at the Sinai border and demanded an immediate investigation, state television reported …
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Eagle Deaths Investigated at LADWP Wind Power Generation Site
An investigation has been launched into the deaths of migratory birds including several federally protected golden eagles at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Pine Tree Wind …
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Syria Said to Fire on Protests in Defiance of Global Rebuke
Beirut, Lebanon -Thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the country on Friday calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad, keeping up the pressure on him in …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pope Criticizes Market Deregulation, and More
In today's On the News segment: Wall Street has plenty of friends on the new Super Congress, unions have won the upper hand against Governor Kasich in Ohio, Elizabeth …
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Somalia: Massive School Dropouts as Famine Continues
Nairobi - Jamaal Abdi, an eight-year-old boy at the Badbaado camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, would like to have an education. He has his own dreams for the …
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US Eases Stance on Deporting Immigrants
The Obama administration announced Thursday it plans to focus its deportation efforts on more dangerous undocumented immigrants, a move that gives undocumented Charlotte students like Elver Barrios hope. …
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Verizon Cuts Off Strikers’ Health Care, as Service Outages Rise
Noisy picket lines are turning away customers at Verizon’s wireless stores as the largest strike in the country weathered a rainy second week. Some service was disrupted throughout the …
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Suicide Blasts Hit British Council in Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan - A group of suicide bombers equipped with explosive vests and guns targeted the British Council offices in west Kabul in the early hours of Friday morning, …
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Foreign Students in Work Visa Program Stage Walkout at Plant
Palmyra, Pa. - Hundreds of foreign students, waving their fists and shouting defiantly in many languages, walked off their jobs on Wednesday at a plant here that packs Hershey’s …