Nation & World
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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 26, 2011
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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PublishedNovember 26, 2011
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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 26, 2011
Syria ignores Arab League deadline; sanctions loom
Threats of further international isolation fail to stop the regime's bloody crackdown.
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