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Ricin suspect appears in court in ricin case
4/29/13 5:29 PM
A Mississippi man appeared briefly in court Monday on a charge that he made a deadly poison that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge.
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Subaru recalls over 10,000 Forester wagons
4/29/13 2:55 PM
Subaru is recalling just over 10,000 of its 2014 Forester wagons because the floor mats can interfere with the clutch, brake or gas pedals.
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Albuquerque man lashes out, stabs churchgoers in Catholic Church
4/29/13 1:16 PM
Just as the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church choir began its final hymn, a man vaulted over pews and lashed out at the singers, sending four churchgoers to the hospital with stab wounds, authorities said.
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Hubble snaps image of approaching comet
4/29/13 10:37 AM
The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope say the orbiting observatory has snapped photos of an approaching comet.
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DAYBREAK DAILY: Weekend violence rocks Va. Beach oceanfront
4/29/13 5:24 AM
Three shootings, three stabbings and assorted robberies amid a gathering dubbed "College Beach Weekend 2013."
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Russia caught bomb suspect, mother on wiretap discussing jihad
4/28/13 3:16 PM
Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.
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Boston suspects' father postpones trip to US
4/28/13 11:47 AM
"I am really sick," Anzor Tsarnaev, 46, told The Associated Press. He said his blood pressure had spiked to dangerous levels.
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New suspect arrested in ricin letters case
4/28/13 8:05 AM
Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday at his Tupelo, Mississippi home. Charges in the case were initially filed against Paul Kevin Curtis. Dutschke has ties to the former suspect, the judge and the senator. Curtis' lawyers say he was framed.

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D.C. flies Boston's flag over city hall
4/27/13 1:52 PM
Mayor Vincent Gray announced Friday that Boston's flag will be flying over the city's Wilson Building this weekend after the Boston Marathon bombings.
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Justice Breyer released from Washington hospital
4/29/13 5:02 PM
Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the 74-year-old Breyer will wear a sling for several weeks while he heals from shoulder replacement surgery on his right shoulder.
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Jet part found last week in NYC is from wing
4/29/13 1:20 PM
Authorities believe they found a piece of a hijacked plane from 9/11 last week. Now they think the 5-foot piece belonged to the wing.
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Gosnell's co-defendant argues case unproven
4/29/13 12:34 PM
Eileen O'Neill, 56, of Phoenixville is charged with theft. She is on trial with Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who is charged with killing four babies allegedly born alive and in the overdose death of a 41-year-old patient.
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Search underway for Leila Fowler's killer
4/29/13 10:34 AM
A desperate search is underway for the person who stabbed an eight-year-old girl to death.
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Former labor secretary working to fight blindness
4/28/13 7:43 PM
Recently a working woman who has held many roles in Washington was honored with a special award from the foundation Fighting Blindness. Though she has perfect vision herself, she has made the fight to cure blindness one of her life's passions.
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More bombing victims leave Boston hospitals
4/28/13 2:25 PM
Boston hospitals say the number of patients being treated for injuries sustained in the marathon bombing continues to drop, two weeks after the attack that killed three and hurt more than 260.
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Air traffic system soon at full operation, FAA says
4/28/13 10:25 AM
The FAA said Saturday that it has suspended all employee furloughs and that traffic facilities will begin returning to regular staffing levels over the next 24 hours.
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NY officials seek human remains amid 9/11 plane debris
4/27/13 4:46 PM
The medical examiner's office plans to search for Sept. 11 human remains in an alley behind a mosque near the World Trade Center where airplane landing gear was suddenly discovered.
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Congress passes bill to end FAA furloughs
4/26/13 11:40 PM
The House approved the measure as lawmakers prepared to leave town for a weeklong spring recess - a break that would have been less pleasant if they were confronted by constituents upset over travel delays.
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