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Deaths, global meeting put mounting pressure on... As dozens die, including two Western journalists, world leaders on Friday will look to increase pressure against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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UVA player guilty of 2nd-degree murder A jury convicted former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.

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49 killed in Argentina train crash At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people were injured when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station today, state media said.

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Police: Student shot, another in custody One student was wounded and another was in custody Wednesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Bremerton, Washington, authorities said.

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Obama signs payroll tax deal into law President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors.

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Opinion: Court to end affirmative action? Abigail Thernstrom says it will be surprising if the Justices are comfortable with declaring affirmative action policy unconstitutional.

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Hitman hired to kill random fur-wearer? A self-proclaimed animal rights activist in Ohio has been charged with soliciting a hit man to kill a random person wearing fur, either by shooting the individual or slitting his or her throat.

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Arrests made in death of Ala. 3rd-grader The grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died Monday after allegedly being ordered to run around her family's house -- for hours -- as punishment for lying about taking a candy bar have been charged with murder, police said Wednesday.

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National Cathedral fix to top $20M While stone carvers chisel new pieces to repair damage inflicted on the Washington National Cathedral by an earthquake last August, fundraisers say the cathedral's restoration fund is $18 million short of the repair cost.

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New inquest into baby's 'dingo' death In a dusty campsite in central Australia more than 30 years ago, a mother's cries of "a dingo's got my baby" set the stage for one of the country's most intriguing murder mysteries.

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