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Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home - a scene also captured on the Internet - it was too late.
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Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law
Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children - including teenagers as old as 17 - to be abandoned at state hospitals. The law, approved hours earlier by the Legislature in a 45-3 vote, goes into effect Saturday, and makes Nebraska the 14th state with a 30-day age cap. It had been the only state with a safe-haven law without an age limit.
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Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair
Astronauts up on the international space station faced the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint.
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Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant.
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FBI says Ohio man threatened to bomb airports
FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who threatened to blow up Cincinnati's football stadium, two airports, Ohio River bridges, and other landmarks.
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Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing. Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra asked Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to recuse himself from the case, which alleges abuse at federally run prisons.
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Daughter defends mother in Internet hoax trial
The daughter of a woman accused of orchestrating a cruel Internet hoax against a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide took the witness stand Friday to defend her mother.
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Connecticut takes on slippery olive oil standards
When food importer Luciano Sclafani spied a three-liter tin of extra virgin olive oil a couple of years ago selling for $9.99, he could tell without tasting a drop that it wasn't legitimate.
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New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water.
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Hawaii dam break leads to 7 manslaughter counts
A Kauai grand jury on Friday indicted an 82-year-old landowner on seven counts of manslaughter in connection with the deadly failure of dam on Kauai two years ago.
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Holiday BounceHelp the holiday decorations to the tree.
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The week in entertainmentA look at the top entertainment stories of the week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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JFK's assasination investigation, timelineAn look back in sound and photos of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 45 years ago.
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Redesigning the White HouseNine interior designers offer suggestions for the Obama White House.
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Celeb baby photos gameGuess how much money celebrity baby photos reportedly sold for with this interactive game.
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