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Timeline of events in the Jeffrey MacDonald case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - - Feb. 17, 1970: Colette, Kimberley, and Kristen MacDonald - the wife and daughters of Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald - are killed in the family apartment on Fort Bragg, N.C. - May 1, 1970: The Army formally charges MacDonald with killing his family. - July 5, 1970: The Army opens an

With 7 weeks to go, Obama-Romney race still tight

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By BRIAN BAKST and CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Middle East violence is shaking up a presidential race that otherwise looks stubbornly stable, and tight. President Barack Obama holds a tiny edge, Republican Mitt Romney is seeking a breakthrough message, and three debates

MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case

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By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance to try proving his innocence - more than four decades after the nation was gripped by his

Two Car Crash Closes Nevada For Hours; One Driver Flees Scene

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SPOKANE, Wash. - A hit and run crash early Saturday morning near Lincoln and Nevada sent one man to the hospital with minor injuries, however police are still looking for the driver of the second car. It happened around 4:00 AM at the intersection of Nevada and St. Thomas Moore Way, when the

Tropical Storm Lane forms far out in Pacific

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MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Lane has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean but that it poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Lane is 1145 miles (1843 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California and has maximum sustained

Neighbor: NY rape suspect terrorized W.Va. women

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By STEVE SZKOTAK and VICKI SMITHAssociated Press The man accused of raping an elderly woman in New York's Central Park frightened people for years in his tiny West Virginia hometown, where a neighbor says residents were so terrified after his release from prison last year they bought guns

Army doctor gets another chance to clear his name

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By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former Green Beret convicted of killing his pregnant wife and their two daughters is getting another chance at trying to prove his innocence. Decades after Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted in the 1970 slayings, he will ask a judge to

Large anti-austerity protests in Spain, Portugal

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By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Tens of thousands of people from all over Spain rallied in the capital Saturday against punishing austerity measures enacted by the government, which is trying to save the country from financial collapse. Large anti-austerity protests also took

Poll: Strong support for campaign spending limits

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By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans don't like all the cash that's going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into races for president and Congress. More than 8 in 10 Americans in a poll by The

Topless Kate pix published in Ireland, Italy next

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By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press ROME (AP) - The British royal family faced a multinational battle to contain the spread of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate, as an Irish tabloid published them Saturday and an Italian gossip magazine planned to do the same despite the threat of