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    November 27, 2011

    Reprieve was cowardly, death row inmate says

    SALEM, Ore. – A condemned inmate who was scheduled to be executed next month is slamming Gov. John Kitzhaber for giving him a reprieve, saying the governor didn’t have the guts to carry out the execution. Two-time murderer Gary Haugen had voluntarily given up his legal challenges, saying he wants to be executed in protest […]

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    November 27, 2011

    Pepper-spray suspect turns up

    LOS ANGELES – A woman suspected of showering Black Friday shoppers with pepper spray surrendered to authorities but was released pending further investigation after she refused to discuss the incident, police said Saturday. The woman, whose name was not released, is suspected of firing pepper spray into a crowd in order to clear a path […]

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    November 27, 2011

    Top U.S. taxpayers live in New York, IRS says

    Federal tax filers in nine ZIP codes pay eight times their proportionate share of the filing population.

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    November 26, 2011

    Marines leaving Afghanistan in 2012

    The drawdown will test the U.S. view that Afghan forces are capable of leading the fight against a battered but not yet beaten insurgency in the country's southwestern reaches.

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    November 26, 2011

    Craigslist ad linked to two bodies

    Police suspect more people who responded to the ad may have been robbery targets.

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    November 26, 2011
    David Barfield

    Drought chops Christmas tree stocks

    NEW CANEY, Texas – Dry, brown grass crunches underfoot as David Barfield walks through his 45-acre Christmas tree farm pointing at evergreens covered with brittle, rust-colored needles. “Dead tree, dead tree, dead tree,” he says, shaking his head at dry timber he hoped would be chopped down by parents with excited children. Instead, Mother Nature […]

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    November 26, 2011
    Tom Wicker

    Tom Wicker, who reported on JFK assassination, dies

    The acclaimed political reporter for the New York Times grew up in poverty in the South.

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    November 26, 2011

    Inmates fail in bid to swim to freedom

    MEXICO CITY – Six inmates from the last island penal colony in the Americas were recaptured at sea after they used buoyant containers and wood planks to try to swim to freedom in an escape reminiscent of the 1973 movie “Papillon.” The Mexican navy said the inmates used empty plastic gas or water tanks to […]

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    November 26, 2011

    Los Angeles to close Occupy encampment

    Concerns about damage to the property and crime at the camp turn the political tide against them.

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    November 26, 2011

    Syria ignores Arab League deadline; sanctions loom

    Threats of further international isolation fail to stop the regime's bloody crackdown.