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March 24, 2012

U.S. says soldier accused of Afghan massacre split his killing spree

Investigators say the U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 17 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, split his attack into two episodes: returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again.
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March 24, 2012

Fox’s Rivera: Blame hooded sweat shirt for Florida teen’s death

Rivera said Friday that Trayvon Martin's hooded sweat shirt was as much responsible for his death as the man who shot him. 'He was an innocent kid ... but if you dress like a hoodlum eventually some schmuck is going to take you at your word.'
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March 24, 2012

Judge tells FDA to act on antibiotics rule

In 1977, the agency issued an order to ban certain drugs in farm animals. But the rule wasn't enforced.
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March 24, 2012

New wind-farm guidelines seek fewer bird deaths

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration offered new guidance Friday on where wind farms should be located to reduce the number of bird deaths while promoting increased use of wind power. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the guidelines, which take effect immediately, provide a scientific basis for developers and government regulators to identify sites with low […]
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March 24, 2012

Dementia diagnosis stuns younger sufferers

An estimated half-million Americans under age 65 are afflicted with Alzheimer's and other forms of the disorder.

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March 24, 2012

Roy Essoyan, 92, reporter who broke story of Sino-Soviet split

NEW YORK – Born in a Japanese fishing village just after his refugee family landed there in a desperate 1919 escape from Russia’s Bolshevik revolution, Roy Essoyan arrived in the Soviet Union nearly four decades later as an American journalist. But after three years of hobnobbing with Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other communist leaders, The […]
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March 24, 2012

Youth group subjected to mock kidnapping

PITTSBURGH – A church subjected members of a youth group to a mock kidnapping and interrogations without telling them it was staged, and the mother of a 14-year-old girl has filed a complaint with police. The pastor of the Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Middletown said the church is “so saddened” that the girl […]
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March 24, 2012

Demonstrators vow to storm Damascus

BEIRUT – Tens of thousands of Syrians braved tear gas and gunfire to protest across the country Friday, vowing to storm the capital Damascus to oust President Bashar Assad. Meanwhile, the European Union ramped up pressure on the regime by imposing sanctions on Assad’s wife and other close relatives. Security forces deployed in many cities […]
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March 24, 2012

Sanford, Fla., police, blacks have a tense history

The police chief steps aside and the city manager acknowledges a problem.
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March 24, 2012

Health care court arguments readied

Activists on both sides are campaigning as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the case next week.

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