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China Fire: A family member of a worker cries near the accident site after a fire broke out at a poultry processing workshop on June 3 in Dehui City. The blaze killed at least 119 people in one of the...

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Obama: "Nobody Is Listening To Your Telephone Calls"

At a speech that was supposed to be all about health care, President Barack Obama on Friday defended the growing controversy over government's access to telephone and online information, saying...

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Obama Fundraises, Talks Obamacare in Silicon Valley

President Obama touched down in Air Force One at Moffett Field Thursday, marking the second time the leader of the free world has visited the Bay Area in as many months. He trotted down the plane's...

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Car Salesman Disinvited From Obama Fundraiser

An electric car advocate dug into his retirement fund to pay thousands of dollars for a chance to meet President Obama at a Santa Monica fundraiser Friday, only, he said, to be told he was not welcome....

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Woman Pleads Guilty to Sandy Hook Fraud

A Bronx, N.Y. woman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges she fraudulently collected money in the name one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Nouel Alba, 37, entered the plea in...

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Calif. Utility to Close Troubled Nuclear Plant

A leak led to an investigation and then a shutdown. Now, more than a year later, two reactors inside the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California will be retired. The announcement...

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Orchestra's Pop-Up Airplane Performance

What does a world-class orchestra do while stuck in a plane and on the tarmac for hours? Play classical music, of course. Stuck for three hours waiting for their flight from Beijing to Macao to depart,...

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Dramatic Photos: Santa Monica Shootings

Students rush to safety after shots were fired near the Santa Monica College. An armed gunman opened fire on a bus, a home and cars near the college on Friday afternoon. Police confirmed there are...

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"Night Stalker" Death Closes Dark Chapter

Serial killer Richard Ramirez, dubbed the "Night Stalker" during a series of Southern California slayings in the mid-1980s, has died of natural causes after more than two decades on death row at San...

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Zimmerman Hearing Resumes in Sanford Friday

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman case returned to a Sanford courtroom to continue a hearing Friday, three days before his trial is scheduled to begin. The hearing before...

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Prosecutors Want 4 Years for Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Federal prosecutors are recommending former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. get four years in prison for misusing $750,000 in campaign money. In a sentencing memo filed Friday, federal prosecutors asked Judge...

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911 Issue Delayed Ambulance to Girl, 4, Struck on UWS: FDNY

Fire officials say "human error" within New York City's 911 system caused a more than four-minute delay in dispatching an ambulance to help the 4-year-old girl who was struck by an SUV on Manhattan's...

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Kindness Remembered 27 Years Later

A mother of six traveled to Fort Worth to thank the woman who gave her a home when she was a young, pregnant immigrant with no money and no home nearly 30 years ago. Patience Menakaya was just weeks...

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90-Year-Old Receptionist Not Planning for Retirement

June Springer has been working for the majority of her life and now, at 90 years old, doesn't have plans to stop any time soon. Springer turned 90 this week and was celebrated by her co-workers and...

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Nearly 4,000 Philadelphia Teachers, School Staff Losing Jobs

Nearly 4,000 Philadelphia school teachers, administrators and staff learned Friday they would lose their jobs. School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite, Jr. said the layoffs are...

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Backhoe Operator to Face Charges in Collapse

The man who operated a backhoe at the site of Wednesday's deadly building collapse in downtown Philadelphia will be charged with the deaths of six people, sources tell NBC10 Philadelphia. Sean...

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Gunman Killed, 4 Victims Dead in Santa Monica

A gunman went on a shooting rampage Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., killing four people and injuring several others before police killed him in a gun battle on a community college campus, authorities...

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Fugitive in 1979 Chicago Murder Arrested

A 65-year-old man, who fled the country after being charged with killing another man 34 years ago was arrested Friday, officials said. Ata Yousef El Ammouri was taken into custody around 5 p.m. Friday...

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Man Hired Hitman Over Abortion: Prosecutor

A 21-year-old woman who was four months pregnant was shot and killed in Hartford in April and police said her boyfriend is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her. Authorities said Carlton "CJ" Bryan,...

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Groundskeeper, 68, Killed in Santa Monica Shootings

One of the four victims in Friday's shooting rampage was identified as a 68-year-old groundskeeper at Santa Monica College. Carlos Navarro Franco, of West Los Angeles, was shot while driving a red SUV...

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