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Chicago braces for major protests as NATO summit looms
As world leaders gather for the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, they will be welcomed by thousands of protesters with a litany of complaints. Chief among them: Stop spending money on war.
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For first time, minorities surpass whites in US births
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
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Relative: Groom had 'bad fight' with bride found in bathtub
The sister of a Burbank, Ill., bride found stabbed to death in her apartment over the weekend said her new brother-in-law called a relative on the day the body was found to report he'd left his new wife bleeding after a "bad fight.
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L.A. suspends 7 cops for 'Jump Out Boys' clique
Seven deputies from the Los Angeles County sheriff?s gang unit are on paid leave during an investigation into their suspected involvement in a secret clique, sources confirmed to The Los Angeles Times Wednesday.
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Autopsy: Trayvon Martin shot from 'intermediate range'
Florida teenager Trayvon Martin died from a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from ?intermediate range,? according to an autopsy report reviewed Wednesday by NBC News.
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US Navy ships collide after 'steering malfunction'
An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy assault ship collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday about 120 miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean.
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Immigration decision a plus for Klezmer tango band
 U.S. immigration officials are clarifying their definition of ?culturally unique? in a move that could make it easier for foreign "hybrid" or "fusion" bands to get a visa to play in America.
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Estranged Kennedy wife's death an apparent suicide
Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has died in an apparent suicide, law enforcement sources told NBC News. The 52-year-old was found dead in her home in Westchester County, N.Y.
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Pentagon unveils model of bin Laden compound
 This image released by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shows a scale model of the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed.
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Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews with hand tools battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across more than 30 square miles of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town.
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Report: Texas executed wrong Carlos
 A Columbia Law School team has published a report about two men named Carlos -- one who killed a woman, and another who was executed for that crime.
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Man buys out Kmart, donates to charity
When Rankin Paynter visited a Kmart in Winchester, Ky. that was closing its doors he got an idea: Why not buy the store and donate it to charity?
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Terror case: Family wins $323 million from Iran, Syria
A Weston, Fla., family has won a court judgment against Iran and Syria, six years after their son was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv.
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One person sent hundreds of powder-filled envelopes: FBI
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities believe one person is responsible for mailing 20 powder-filled envelopes to schools and a business in the Dallas-Fort Worth area last week and hundreds of similar letters around the world since late 2008, the FBI said on Wednesday.
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Josh Powell's father found guilty in voyeurism case
A jury has found Steven Powell guilty of voyeurism for taking pictures of girls and women in various states. Powell is the father of Josh Powell, who killed his children earlier this year.
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