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California university student forgotten in jail
After two days of being handcuffed in a tiny holding cell and desperate for food and water, Daniel Chong said he realized he had to stop wondering when he'd be let out and start thinking about how to stay alive.
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Pastor: Telling parents to 'punch' effeminate kids was a joke
A North Carolina pastor says he was joking when he told parents to punch their sons if they show any signs they are gay.
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Bronzed NJ mom: Girl's sunburn not from salon
A New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to corroborate her story.
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King: Secret Service studies prostitute interviews
The Secret Service is poring over interviews with 10 of 12 women involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal, and so far there's no indication that any posed a national security threat.
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U.S. officials warn of body bombs on U.S. planes
A year after the U.S. raid that killed terrorist leader Osama bin laden, ABC News has learned that authorities are studying the possibility of terrorists using body bombs on U.S. flights coming in from overseas.
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Attorneys say DNA evidence hard to overcome in fatal Michigan stabbing case
Defense lawyers for the man accused in several fatal stabbings in Flint, Michigan say the DNA evidence against their client will be hard to overcome. Elias Abuelazam is also suspected, but not charged, in attacks in Leesburg, Va.
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VOTE: Is posting your organ donation status on Facebook too public?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world's biggest social networking site. Tell us: Do you think your organ donation status is too private an issue to be made public?
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Bob Woodward suddenly in the headlines all over again
POLITICO has a great, well-researched piece about the legendary Washington Post reporter who is battling back about questions regarding Watergate.
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EPA official apologizes, resigns after comments
The Obama administration's top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years ago when he used the word "crucify" to describe how he would go after companies violating environmental laws.
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San Francisco BART station agent fired after helping boy
A train station agent was fired for giving the boy $300 worth of paid, unused tickets left behind by commuters.The boy's father died last year and the boy used the tickets to attend school.
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Former aide to retake stand in John Edwards corruption trial
Another ex-aide to John Edwards will retake the witness stand at the former presidential candidate's corruption trial.
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13 charged in Florida A&M hazing death
An attorney for the Florida A&M band member who died in a prominent, alleged hazing incident says 13 people to be charged in connection with the student's death.
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John Edwards' attorneys question wife of ex-aide
The wife of a former aide to John Edwards rebuffed questions Tuesday about whether she had any incentive to lie to hurt the former presidential candidate.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $4.8M for withholding overtime wages
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages to employees who were wrongly exempted from overtime pay.
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Five arrested in plot to blow up Ohio bridge
The Justice Department says five men, who are self-described anarchists, have been arrested in a plot to bomb a bridge outside Cleveland, and a NATO summit in Chicago may have been their next target.
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LISTEN: Hudson's sister's 911 call: "I see blood coming from her head"
Moments after finding her mother's body, the sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson sobs as she pleads for help in a disturbing 911 recording released to the news media Monday.
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Oklahoma court halts 'personhood' rights for embryos
The state's highest court ruled unanimously that a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that would define a fertilized human egg as a person violates a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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7 dead as van plunges off overpass into Bronx Zoo grounds
An out-of-control van careered across several lanes of traffic, then plunged more than 50 feet into a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children
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