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Kermit Gosnell abortion trial goes to jury
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A jury has begun deliberating in the capital murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with killing a patient and four babies.
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Jason Collins, NBA star, comes out as gay
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Tired of what he describes as living a huge lie, NBA star Jason Collins has shattered perhaps one of the final barriers in major league sports.
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Katherine Russell, widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, visited by FBI agents
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FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws and carried away several bags.
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Finances, health to be part of Michael Jackson's wrongful death trial
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With billions of dollars in possible damages at stake, analysts predict the wrongful death trial against Michael Jackson's concert promoter, AEG Live, will expose new details about his financial and legal troubles.
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James Holmes' lawyers hint at possible insanity plea
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Attorneys for the Colorado theater shooting suspect suggest in a court filing that they might be considering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity over their client's objections.
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Everett Dutschke, ricin suspect, appears in court
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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
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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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9/11 plane: Jet part found last week in NYC is from wing
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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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New Mexico church stabbing: Man attacks church goers
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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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Dr. Kermit Gosnell's co-defendant argues case unproven
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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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Hospitals using new machines to clean, try to prevent growing infections
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In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat.
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Russia caught bomb suspect, mother on wiretap discussing jihad
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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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More bombing victims leave Boston hospitals
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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
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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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AAA: Gas prices could continue to fall as summer approaches
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AAA says gas prices could continue their downward slide well into summer
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White House Correspondents' Dinner: Obama jokes about radical 2nd term changes
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President Obama used this year's annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner to poke fun at himself and some of his political adversaries, asking if it was still possible to be brought down a peg after 4½ years as commander-in-chief.
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FAA furlough-endiing bill passes Congress
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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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Boston suspects' mother was on watch list, officials say
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Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, had been added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack.
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