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  Mom Chases Down Child Abductor

  Posted 7:46 AM 5/17/2013

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque police said Thursday.The young girl was playing in her yard at St. Anthony's Plaza Apartments (More)

  
  

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  NYC Parents Of Slain Children Expecting Baby Boy

  Posted 7:40 AM 5/17/2013

  NEW YORK - A New York City couple whose two children police say were fatally stabbed by their nanny are expecting a baby boy.Kevin and Marina Krim announced the happy news on their Facebook page for the Leo and Lulu Fund, created in memory of 6-year-old Lulu and 2-year-old Leo. (More)

  
  

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  Jury in Arias Trial Brought to Tears by Testimony

  

  Posted 6:26 PM 5/16/2013

  PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors deciding the fate of convicted murderer Jodi Arias were brought to tears Thursday, visibly shaken by dramatic statements from the victim's family members as they described how their lives were ripped apart by the killing.Travis Alexander's younger brother Steven (More)

  
  

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  2nd IRS Official to Leave Amid Tea Party Scandal

  

  Posted 5:44 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups. An internal IRS memo says Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, will (More)

  
  

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  Obama Picks Budget Official to Run Troubled IRS

  

  Posted 3:34 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official on Thursday to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service even as he dismissed the idea of naming a special prosecutor to investigate the troubled agency for targeting conservative groups. (More)

  
  

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  Lawyers Plead for Mercy as Arias Trial Resumes

  

  Posted 1:54 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - An attorney for Jodi Arias on Thursday told the jury deciding the former waitress's fate to consider factors including her age, troubled upbringing and talent as an artist, and show her mercy for killing her boyfriend five years ago. The defense and prosecution (More)

  
  

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  911 Calls Released in Slaying of South Carolina Children

  

  Posted 1:08 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina woman who authorities say killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband crashed her pickup into a tree so hard the roots came out of the ground, according to 911 calls released Thursday. In one of the calls, 35-year-old Suzanna (More)

  
  

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  Obama Confronts a Trio of Controversies

  

  Posted 12:29 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama confronted a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the IRS doesn't abuse its power, urging legislators to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic outposts and promising to seek "a balance" between (More)

  
  

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  Mom Chases Down Abduction Suspect

  Posted 12:21 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Albuquerque police say a mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt. Police say Wednesday evening a group of teenagers saw the child being forced into a car in Albuquerque's (More)

  
  

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  Obama: Congress Must 'Fully Fund' Embassy Security

  

  Posted 12:08 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to "fully fund" his administration's budget request for embassy security. The request comes as Obama seeks to get ahead of the controversy over his administration's response to the attack last September in Benghazi, Libya, that (More)

  
  

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  Neighbor Accused of Torching Home with Child Inside

  

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  Posted 11:57 AM 5/16/2013

  (WXIA) Georgia police are searching for the Cartersville man they say burned down a neighbor's house Wednesday morning because he was angry that the neighbor had not mowed his lawn.

  Cartersville police consider the man, Phillip Roger Bennett, 58, to be armed and dangerous.

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  Bombing Suspect Left Note Behind in Boat During Capture

  

  Posted 11:50 AM 5/16/2013

  MASSACHUSETTS - Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scrawled a note inside the hull of the boat where he was hiding from police explaining why he and his brother planned the attack. Tsarnaev wrote that the bombings were in retaliation for American action (More)