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17 year-old shot, killed by local neighborhood watch
The first call before a black teenager was fatally shot in Florida's Retreat at Twin Lakes Townhomes came from 28-year-old George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who wanted to report a suspicious man walking through the gated community.
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Sen. Ted Stevens prosecution poorly done, report states
A report released Thursday from a special counsel says agents of the FBI and Internal Revenue Service and prosecutors conducted an inadequate review of documents, notes in the Stevens case.
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Michelle Obama wears Marchesa to state dinner
The designer of the gown, Georgina Chapman, and her husband, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, were guests at the affair, but they didn't know Mrs. Obama was wearing one of Chapman's designs when they arrived.
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Depp, Streep, Brees join call to lower 'Bully' rating
Lee Hirsch's documentary on bullying in American schools has been rated R, which restricts children under 17 from seeing it without an adult.
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Wyoming tribe gets rare permit to kill bald eagles
Although thousands of American Indians apply for eagle feathers and carcasses from a federal repository, permits allowing the killing of bald eagles are exceedingly rare.
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Businessman pleads guilty in $28 million bribery scheme
Harold Babb admitted participating in a complex, far-ranging scheme. Prosecutors say the fraud involved contracts steered to favored subcontractors for kickbacks, contracts awarded through bribery and the submission of phony and inflated invoices for payment.
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Michelle Obama to lead official U.S. Olympic delegation
The White House says Michelle Obama will lead the official U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
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Should Gov. Christie apologize for calling Navy SEAL a jerk?
"He acted like an idiot. He's an idiot. I don't have any regret about it at all," says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who added he honors the man's military service, but that "doesn't give him the right to be a jerk."
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A softer side: Nixon love letters to future wife revealed
Long before Richard Nixon rose to power and fell from grace, he was just another man in love. The new look at the former president comes through love letters to his future wife that are set to be unveiled on Friday.
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Women Marines who build trust with Afghans react to shooting rampage
A group of women Marines is reacting strongly to developments in the wake of the shooting rampage in Afghanistan.
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Arkansas teen texts 'I hid the body' to detective as prank
It was all fun and games when a teenager texted 'I hid the body...Now what?' to a random number as a prank, until that number turned out to belong to a police detective.
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Clooney, Buffett, Scalia, Legend, Mumford & Sons at state dinner
Among the big names at the White House state dinner tonight--Clooney, Buffett, Scalia, Branson, Wintour, McIlroy--there's something special for the Obamas, John Legend, and something special for the Camerons, Mumford & Sons.
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White House picks 9 interns from Virginia
Nine Virginians are among more than 140 people selected from across the country to participate in the spring White House internship program.
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Anti-bullying film gets support from President Obama
As efforts are underway to change the rating on an anti-bullying movie, U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver an opening message for the debut of the film.
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D.C., Md, Va report lower unemployment numbers
The unemployment rates in Virginia, D.C. and Maryland fell last month, in the midst of unemployment drops nationwide.
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Taliban vow revenge for death of 16 Afghans
United States-led forces are stepping up security as the Taliban has vowed revenge for the death of 16 Afghan civilians, including women and kids, killed over the weekend by a U.S. soldier.
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Girl Scouts are turning 100, founder commemorated at Madame Tussaud's
The Girl Scouts are turning 100--the anniversary comes on the same month as Women’s History Month. To commemorate both, D.C.’s Madame Tussauds has announced the creation of a wax figure of Girl Scout’s founder Juliette Gordon Low.
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Schuller resigns from Crystal Cathedral board in ongoing turmoil
Robert Schuller's resignation was the latest upheaval for the financially-struggling megachurch he founded 42 years ago. The iconic Crystal Cathedral was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange last month to emerge from federal bankruptcy protection.
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