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Boy, 6, dies after dog attack at N. Calif. home
UNION CITY, Calif. (AP) -- A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay Area boy died after he was attacked by a dog that belongs to his uncle, who is a police officer, authorities and a family spokesman said Tuesday....
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CHP copter saves teens from soaring Sierra cliff
SIERRA CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter amid gusty winds....
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Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago....
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Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
BOSTON (AP) -- The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday is a milestone for the long-delayed project....
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Officials: Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire
MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) -- An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday....
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Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers....
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Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant
McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape....
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3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom, child
ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) -- A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said Tuesday....
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Mich. woman ordered to trial on false rape report
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan woman accused of faking a sexual assault was ordered to stand trial on charges of making a false report of rape and tampering with evidence Tuesday after a doctor said her purported bruises faded after he wiped them with gauze....
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United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) -- An indication of an oil filter problem prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a United Airlines spokeswoman said....
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Boy, 13, charged in 'wrestling' death of girl, 5
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV....
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10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:...
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Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against J&J
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal....
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Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old
PLANADA, Calif. (AP) -- A California couple have been convicted of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old boy....
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Heimlich rescues choking Texas congressman
PHOENIX (AP) -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to help....
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