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Cops: Pa. boy shot grandparents for insult to mom

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By JOE MANDAKAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 13-year-old fatally shot his grandparents in their home because he was upset that they called his mother a whore and "were speaking poorly about her," state police said in charges filed Tuesday. Zachary James Proper, of Oil City, was charged

Ohio teen headed to trial in Craigslist killings

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By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A teenager befriended by a self-styled chaplain is headed to trial on murder charges in a deadly scheme to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers in Ohio. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Tuesday in Summit County Common Pleas

Police: Student took LSD before campus shooting

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By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIELAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A nude University of South Alabama freshman had taken LSD and assaulted others before he chased the campus police officer who fatally shot him, authorities said Tuesday, though the student wasn't armed and didn't touch the

IEA optimistic about future of Iraq oil industry

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By PABLO GORONDIAssociated Press The International Energy Agency predicted Tuesday that Iraq will consolidate its position as a global oil power - allowing it to rebuild the economy of a nation ravaged by war and decades of Saddam Hussein's autocratic rule. The leading global energy monitor

Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.

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By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday. About 30 contestants ate the insects during Friday night's contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in

Key dates in the Penn State child sex abuse case

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By The Associated Press A chronological look at the case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, based on grand jury reports, court appearances and testimony. Some key dates in Penn State football and since the scandal broke are included. - 1969 - Jerry Sandusky

Motel workers discuss church bomb plot arrest

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By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSAssociated Press MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - A bright green duffel bag caught maintenance worker Ralph Smith's eye as he emptied trash in a bin at motel just off a major interstate in northeast Oklahoma. Curious, he unzipped it. Inside were a pile of brown bottles with cloth

Board vote: San Francisco sheriff to retain job

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By TERRY COLLINSAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials voted Tuesday to keep San Francisco's sheriff in office, nearly seven months after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge stemming from a New Year's Eve dispute with his actress wife. Four of the 11-

Jury being picked in teen Craigslist killings case

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By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A teenager charged in a deadly scheme to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers went on trial on murder charges Tuesday, waving to prospective jurors when he was introduced in court and taking notes and conferring with his attorneys

Mexico capo killed, then body stolen by gunmen

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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - The death of the founder and leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas cartel in a firefight with marines outside a baseball game near the Texas border was perhaps the biggest coup of President Felipe Calderon's war