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2 hrs ago | Patch.com

Blue Mass Honors Police from Bergen County Who Died in the Line of Duty

Police from all over Bergen County celebrated the second annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood Wednesday morning.

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6 hrs ago | TwinCities

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

WW II photo-documentarian Wayne Miller dies at 94

Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday at his home of six decades in Orinda, Calif.

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KTVN Reno

3rd grader who loved to sing among tornado victims

Nicknamed 'The Wall,' 8-year-old Kyle Davis loved soccer and going to Monster Truck exhibitions at the fairgrounds with his grandfather.

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KTRE-TV Lufkin

Faith healers charged with murder after 2nd death

A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and who were on probation in their son's pneumonia death were charged with murder Wednesday after a second young child died under what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances.

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Halstead Gazette

'Terror pair' in street slaying

The scene in Woolwich, south London, where a man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds Witnesses said the victim was hacked to death, with some suggesting his attackers tried to behead him, before charging at police when they arrived on the scene in Woolwich, south-east London.

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WIS-TV Columbia

Convicted murderer on death row found dead in cell

A 46-year-old man on death row for killing a fellow inmate has been found dead in his cell.

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WRIC-TV Richmond

Sisters Kicked Out Of Mall For Profane Cancer Hats

Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.

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Patch.com

Memorial Day Contest: Tell Us About Your Favorite Military Service Member

Memorial Day is a day to remember the men and women who died while serving in the armed forces.

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WHNT-TV Huntsville

Two Men Stabbed To Death In Huntsville Church; No Arrest

Church members are hurting and a community is in shock. Huntsville Police are looking for the person who killed two men inside a Huntsville church Tuesday morning.

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Mail & Guardian

Death toll for Oklahoma tornado lowered to 24

Emergency workers have found over 100 survivors in an Oklahoma town hit by a tornado, while the death toll for the storm was lowered to 24.

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Tue May 21, 2013

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Eunice man killed, 2 others wounded in shooting

An 18-year-old Eunice man was shot and later died after he and two others were attacked in the small Acadia Parish community of Branch north of Rayne.

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Star-Telegram.com

Police defend officer who shot NY college student

The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who held her hostage.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Texas parents charged after adopted son, 4, dies

A North Texas husband and wife have been charged with felony injury to a child after their 4-year-old adopted son was found dead at their home.

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KMIZ

Devastating scenes in Oklahoma City area

The enormity of what they saw caused many to pause, raw emotion welling up as they tried to put haunting images into words.

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Hampshire Chronicle

Comedy scriptwriter Braben dies

Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, has died at the age of 82, his manager said.

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Star-Telegram.com

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of Monday's deadly tornado.

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NBC San Diego

Cause of Quantico-Based FBI Agents' Deaths Still Unknown

Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw, both part of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, were on a weeklong training trip in Hampton Roads.

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Mon May 20, 2013

USA Today

20 children among the dead in Oklahoma

A massive, mile-wide tornado with winds up to 200 mph killed at least 51 people Monday afternoon during 40 terrifying minutes of destruction across southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs.

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My Mother Lode

Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74

Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family.

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