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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
By By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - In its first major regulation since the election, the Obama administration on Friday imposed a new air quality standard that reduces by 20 percent the maximum amount of soot released into the air from smokestacks, diesel trucks and other
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Police respond to report of school shooting in Newtown, Conn.; few other details available.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building
NBCNEWS.COM - As the parents of the children who were murdered by a gunman in a Connecticut elementary school Friday attempt to process the horror of their death, many tried to imagine what the final moments for their loved ones were like.
Several of them came to be consoled by Msgr. Robert
NBCNEWS.COM - As the parents of the children who were murdered by a gunman in a Connecticut elementary school Friday attempt to process the horror of their death, many tried to imagine what the final moments for their loved ones were like.
Several of them came to be consoled by Msgr. Robert
Updated at 7:20 a.m. ET: INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed an order Friday to send two Patriot missile batteries to Turkey to protect it from rounds crossing the border from Syria.
The order includes 400 American personnel to operate the batteries.
"We are
DENVER (AP) - Denver police say four people were set on fire during an attack at a home in the northwest part of the city. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says two men showed up at the front door at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Some words were exchanged, and a woman who answered the
KIROTV.COM - People in Oak Harbor are wondering if a secret fight club is responsible for a series of alcohol-fueled brawls that left one man dead and others in the hospital. At least four people have been hurt in fights near bars and restaurants in the Whidbey Island town recently.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane is starting to plan for the shops that will open in about a year to sell recreational marijuana. City Councilman Jon Snyder says the city needs to identify where shops can go, following regulations in the new Washington law that will keep them 1,000
