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US tries behind scenes to end Israel-Hamas warfare

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The Obama administration worked hard behind the scenes Monday to end almost a week of warfare between Israel and Hamas, pressing America's Arab and European allies to convince Palestinian militant groups to cease firing rockets from

Woman, 3 grandkids killed on ND reservation

By JAMES MACPHERSONAssociated Press NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) - A well-kept northwestern North Dakota home teemed with FBI investigators Monday as they tried to piece together evidence in the grisly weekend shooting deaths of a woman and three of her grandchildren. In a nearby community, a man

72 law enforcement officers were slain last year

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI says that 72 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last year, up from 56 the year before. An additional 53 officers died in accidents, and 54,774 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The average age of

NYPD searching for links in shopkeeper shootings

NEW YORK (AP) - Police are searching for any further links in the deaths of three New York City shopkeepers who were shot by the same gun. All three victims were of Middle Eastern descent. Their stores are within a 5-mile radius, and none of them have surveillance cameras. The latest shooting death