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Daytona 500: Safety on everyone's mind
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Safety was on everyone's mind before the Daytona 500 on Sunday, a day after a horrific wreck in a second-tier NASCAR series race hurled chunks of debris, including a heavy tire, into the stands and injured nearly 30 people.
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Drew Peterson sentenced to 38 years for murder
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A judge has sentenced Drew Peterson to 38 years in prison for murdering his third wife
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty
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Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday to criminal charges that he misused campaign funds for his own personal use. A few hours later, his wife, Sandra Jackson, pleaded guilty to filing false joint federal income tax returns.
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Teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls
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Replacing stationary seats with inflatable bouncers has raised productivity in her fifth-graders at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School, making students better able to focus on lessons while improving their balance and core strength, she said.
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Sequestration would cause significant cuts to National Park Service
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Among the agencies that could see significant budget cuts is the National Park Service. It is taking sequestration very seriously and says the public should be prepared for reduced hours and services, and reduced hours of operations at popular spots.
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ATF National Tracing Center traces guns the old-fashioned way
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From the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary to a shooting in the District, if the police want to know who that gun belongs to, they call one place: The Bureau of ATF National Tracing Center in Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Kansas City shopping center explosion: Blast cause unclear, 14 hurt
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Authorities also are still trying to determine the full cause of the blast. Schulte says they do know there was a gas leak followed by an explosion. At this point, he says authorities believe it may have stemmed from an accident involving a utility contractor.
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Gas prices on the rise for 32 straight days
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Gas prices have continued to rise for 32 straight days, and it has motorists both frustrated and concerned.
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Carnival Triumph fire caused by oil leak: Coast Guard
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A Coast Guard official says the cause of the engine-room fire on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph was a leak in a fuel engine return line. The fire paralyzed the ship early Sunday, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico until tugboats towed it to Mobile.
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Maker's Mark won't cut back amount of alcohol in bottles
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After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut the amount of alcohol in bottles of its famous whiskey.
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Jesse Jackson Jr., wife could spend time behind bars
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Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife could spend time in behind bars after they agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme to spend thousands in campaign funds on personal items. (See items listed in Jackson charging document.)
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BMW recalls nearly 570,000 cars for bad battery cable connector
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BMW is recalling close to 570,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because a battery cable connector can fail and cause the engines to stall.
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Dorner was hiding in condo during Calif. manhunt
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It didn't take ingenuity for Christopher Dorner to elude authorities for six days. He simply opened an unlocked door.
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Christopher Dorner died from gunshot to head
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San Bernardino County sheriff's Capt. Sheriff John McMahon told reporters Friday that it appears the wound was self-inflicted.
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Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth - unlike meteor
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A 150-foot cosmic rock hurtled safely past Earth on Friday.
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Christopher Dorner: Remains positively ID'd as Christopher Dorner
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Officials said Thursday that the burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner.
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Jeremiah MacKay ID'd as slain deputy in Calif. manhunt
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San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon identified the deputy Wednesday as Jeremiah MacKay, a man who grew up in the area and followed his father into public service.
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Christopher Dorner manhunt: Slain deputy ID'd
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San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Wednesday that his deputies shot pyrotechnic tear gas into the cabin and it erupted in flames.
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