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Gun club, police chief indicted in boy's Uzi death
Three men, including a small-town police chief, were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter counts in the gun-fair death of an 8-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi that a prosecutor said he never should have been allowed to handle.
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Convict's mom goes undercover, gets dirt on juror
Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder. She gave herself an extreme makeover - blonde dye job, fake tan, sexy wardrobe, phony name - and began spying on jurors. She befriended one juror to root out any possible misdeeds at the trial, and for nearly eight months, they drank at bars, smoked marijuana and shared meals in her tiny Brooklyn hideaway.
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Who runs Kansas City - the mayor or his wife?
The people of Kansas City thought they were getting a straight-shooter with financial smarts as their new mayor. What they got, critics say, is a henpecked husband who needs his wife to tell him what to do.
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FBI: Girls told agent evangelist Alamo abused them
Before evangelist Tony Alamo's arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have "someone take care of you" if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit.
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Minn. teen girls charged in nursing home abuse
Two teenage girls who worked at a nursing home have been charged with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
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New tapes show LBJ worried about Vietnam, Nixon
In the last months of his administration, President Lyndon Johnson voiced worry over the Vietnam peace talks and stridently suggested that associates of Richard Nixon were attempting to keep South Vietnam away from the table until after the 1968 election, recordings of telephone conversations released Thursday show.
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OJ judge known for stern lectures, stiff sentences
If O.J. Simpson is looking for a break from the Nevada judge who will sentence him for kidnapping and armed robbery, he may be in the wrong courtroom.
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Calif. couple charged with torturing, abusing teen
A husband and wife were charged Thursday with kidnapping and torturing a 17-year-old boy authorities say was sometimes kept shackled inside their home. The boy's one-time guardian also was charged with similar abuse allegations.
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Ex-Calif. Assembly speaker's son pleads not guilty
The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and three other men have pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the October stabbing death of a college student in San Diego.
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3 US residents killed in Ciudad Juarez in 3 weeks
At least three U.S. residents have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in as many weeks as the death toll in the violent border city surpasses 1,400.
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49th Annual WRAL-TV Tower LightingWRAL-TV's tower has been changed into a 300-foot Christmas tree, with 2,805 colored lights and three stars on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
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A year of N.C. Drought MapsView a time lapse animation of drought conditions during the last year.
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The week in photosA look at the top news, politics and sports stories of the week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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Gallery: Black Friday shoppingA look at shoppers across the country on Black Friday.
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The week in entertainmentA look at the top entertainment stories this week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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