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Hearsay bothers last juror to find Peterson guilty
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36AM September 08, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The final juror to agree to convict Drew Peterson of murder in the death of his ex-wife says he "barely slept" one night during the proceedings because the same nagging questions kept popping into his head.
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3 states oppose federal anti-gay marriage law
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:44AM September 08, 2012 CommentMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont attorney general says the state has joined New York and Connecticut in asking a federal appeals court to rule the federal law that fails to recognize gay marriage as unconstitutional.
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NY police accidentally shoot shop worker to death
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:33AM September 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a convenience store worker who plowed into him on a sidewalk while frantically fleeing an armed robbery early Friday, a sudden encounter that the police department called a tragic accident.
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Calif. man pleads guilty in friend's grisly death
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:33AM September 08, 2012 CommentCRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend's heart and removing his tongue while the two were on hallucinogenic drugs has pleaded guilty to murder and mayhem charges.
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Wary US looks to calm rising tensions in Asia
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:39PM September 07, 2012 CommentVLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Alarmed by a rise in nationalist sentiment around the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration is looking for Russia to play a greater role in the region as it seeks to quell growing maritime tensions.
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Jurors give Stacy Peterson's comments heavy weight
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:01PM September 07, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Jurors said Friday that comments Stacy Peterson made before her 2007 disappearance played the decisive role in convincing them to convict her husband, former police officer Drew Peterson, of killing his ex-wife — though the juror who held out longest described feeling uncomfortable relying on that hearsay.
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Gloomy jobs report shadows race with 60 days left
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:12PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A dismal new snapshot of jobs in America shadowed the presidential campaign on Friday, testing the voter patience that will save or sink President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Seizing on the timing, Republican Mitt Romney said Obama's convention party had given way to quite a "hangover."
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Aide: Rep. Jackson home after depression treatment
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:08PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson's chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday.
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Chicago teachers ready to strike, hoping for deal
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:50PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday. Teachers are ready to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, job security and teacher evaluations.
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Decision not to charge Ariz. sheriff isn't the end
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:49PM September 07, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — The federal abuse-of-power investigation into America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff may have been closed without criminal charges but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's legal troubles are far from over.
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Officer charged in Arkansas teen's shooting death
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:11PM September 07, 2012 CommentLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A police officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old Arkansas boy has been charged with felony manslaughter after investigators determined his account of the incident didn't match evidence at the scene.
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Peterson jurors matched clothes out of boredom
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:08PM September 07, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Among the many questions that arose during Drew Peterson's murder trial, one of the least weighty but most perplexing was — what on earth were jurors trying to say by meticulously coordinating their clothes each day?
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Student: Ill. school shooter had hatchet in pack
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:04PM September 07, 2012 CommentNORMAL, Ill. (AP) — A teacher tackled a 14-year-old student and detained him just after the teen fired a gunshot into the ceiling of a packed Illinois high school classroom Friday, police and witnesses said. No one was injured.
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Bishop's conviction intensifies calls to step down
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:56PM September 07, 2012 CommentKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Calls for Bishop Robert Finn's resignation intensified a day after he became the highest-ranking U.S. church official to be convicted of a crime related to the child sexual abuse scandal.
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Hiring slows in August, putting pressure on Fed
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:37PM September 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — American employers cut back sharply on hiring last month, crushing hopes that the job market was improving and putting more pressure on the Federal Reserve to give the sluggish economy another jolt.
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Report: Abusive culture in LA jail system
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:33PM September 07, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A scalding report depicts a rogue culture inside the nation's largest county jail system in which Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies abused and humiliated inmates while top management failed to recognize problems or weed out bad officers.
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Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25PM September 07, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man angry about a compromising Facebook photo of his girlfriend took revenge against the ex-boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to police that set off a terrorism scare and got the former beau taken off an airliner at gunpoint, authorities say.
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Tough task for those compensating ill 9/11 workers
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17PM September 07, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Sheila Birnbaum is known in legal circles across New York as the "queen of torts" for her prowess in sorting out complicated cases. But she may be up against her most daunting task to date.
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Romney, Obama in battle for working-class whites
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17PM September 07, 2012 CommentDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are working feverishly for an increasingly smaller but crucial slice of the electorate — white, working-class voters.
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Neb. school heads accused of sex abuse cover-up
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:17PM September 07, 2012 CommentOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have accused a Nebraska school superintendent, principal and coach of failing to report the alleged sexual assault of a young high school wrestler by several teammates last summer.
