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US wants suit over US-born cleric's killing tossed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration urged a federal court Friday to dismiss a damage lawsuit over the drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen last year, including an al-Qaida cleric. In a court filing, the Justice Department said

Some of the deadliest school shootings in the US

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By By The Associated Press A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. Here is a look at some other recent school shootings: - April 2, 2012: A gunman killed seven people in a rampage at a California Christian university. Jongjin

Some of the deadliest mass shootings around world

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By By The Associated Press A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others: - July 20, 2012: Twelve people are killed when a gunman enters an Aurora,

Convicted Calif. killer admits to 2 NYC killings

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By By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A serial killer already sentenced to death in California admitted Friday to murdering two other young women in New York City in the 1970s. Rodney Alcala told a Manhattan judge that he wanted to plead guilty to two murder counts so he could get back

Autopsy: Suspect in reservation slayings shot self

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By By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man suspected of killing four relatives on a California Indian reservation fired one bullet into his own head and was shot multiple times by sheriff's deputies during a gunbattle, an autopsy concluded Friday. The report by the Tulare

Parole board: Spare obese condemned Ohio killer

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By By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. John Kasich must decide in about a month whether to spare a condemned inmate who weighs 450 pounds, and whether the inmate's health should be part of his decision. The state parole board on Friday recommended mercy

Man Charged In 1996 Washington State Murder Appears In Court

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HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) - A 59-year-old western Montana man charged with killing a Washington state woman who disappeared in 1996 is still fighting extradition, but he did confirm his identity to a state judge. Clifford Everell Reed of Victor faces a second-degree murder charge in

Police Shoot & Kill 5 Aggressive Dogs

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PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - A tribal spokeswoman says Lower Elwha Klallam police have fatally shot five dogs thought to be responsible for killing two alpacas as well as some calves and chickens. Officers reported the dogs had acted aggressively toward them.

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad's fall

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By By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's attempt to backpedal after a top diplomat said Syrian President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country reflects the dilemma Moscow faces as opposition fighters gain ground. Throughout the Syrian crisis, Russia has tried

Injury dashed mall shooter's hope of being Marine

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By By STEVEN DUBOIS AND RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - His mother died before he was 3 years old, and he was estranged from the aunt who raised him. His dream of becoming a Marine was dashed by a broken foot, he hadn't yet settled on a career path, and a new plan, to