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Feds charge 3 in slavery case
A mentally disabled woman and her child were held in an Ohio apartment for two years, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, federal authorities said Tuesday.
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Examiner in hotel death cases resigns
The death of a boy at a North Carolina hotel could have been prevented had police been told that the carbon monoxide that killed him was also to blame for two earlier deaths, a police chief says.
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2 teens saved in dramatic cliff rescue
Two California teens who stranded themselves atop a windy, 8,600-foot-high cliff ended up being rescued in what resembled a movie scene, according to authorities.
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'Credible' info led to Hoffa dig
The FBI -- working on information from an aging reputed mobster -- will continue digging in the waist-high grass of a Detroit-area field in yet another search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.
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NSA, FBI talk thwarted terror plots
Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since 2011, authorities say.
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Has the U.S. started an Internet war?
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Shark attacks Texas teen in shallow water
A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas's Gulf coast, local police said.
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Alternative healing or quackery?
Although non-traditional therapies can be valuable, sometimes a line is crossed. So how can you tell if your alternative healer is a quack?
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50 years after 'Ich bin ein Berliner'
President Obama will speak in Berlin one week before the 50th anniversary of the famous speech by President Kennedy.
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Expert: Promoter deal with Jackson's doctor 'highly inappropriate'
AEG Live's negotiations with a doctor to treat Michael Jackson were "highly inappropriate," a music industry veteran testified Monday.
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Dictionary acknowledges humans can tweet, too
The Oxford English Dictionary has finally gotten around to acknowledging that tweeting isn't just for the birds.
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Witness: 'It broke my heart' to learn Bulger was FBI informant
With defendant James "Whitey" Bulger sitting less than eight feet away and staring straight ahead, a star government witness in the case against Bulger explained Monday why he turned against the man he long counted among "my partners in crime, my best friends."
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Florida blocks cities, counties from voting on sick pay laws
A new Florida law prevents cities and counties from requiring businesses to pay employees for sick days.
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Disasters cost $110 billion in 2012
From Superstorm Sandy and last year's drought to tornadoes, wildfires and a hurricane, the weather and climate disasters of 2012 caused more than $110 billion in damages, making it one of the costliest years on record for weather events, national climate data show.
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Source: FBI hunts for Hoffa
The FBI is planning to dig in a Detroit-area field for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, a source with knowledge of the search says.
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Naked man accused of attacking subway commuters faces felonies
Here's hoping Yeiner Garizabalo wears more to court Tuesday than he did in a San Francisco subway station in May.
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