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4 slain in Va. college town bludgeoned to death

Liz De La Torre September 22, 2009

From Associated Press FARMVILLE, Va. – Four people found slain in a small Virginia college town were bludgeoned to death, authorities said Tuesday, and the aspiring rapper suspected of killing them...

2 Colorado men, 1 NYC man arrested in terror probe

Liz De La Torre September 20, 2009

From The Associated Press AURORA, Colo. – The arrest of a Colorado airport shuttle driver on charges related to a terrorism investigation reveals a murky plot that involved him receiving explosives...

States send mixed message on texting and driving

Liz De La Torre September 19, 2009

From The Associated Press Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on...

Police focus on Yale murder suspect’s attitude

Liz De La Torre September 18, 2009

From The Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Staffers in white coats reported to work Friday at the end of an extraordinary week at Yale as police considered whether a graduate student's grisly death...

Lab tech charged with Yale grad student’s murder

Liz De La Torre September 17, 2009

From The Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As police charged a Yale animal lab technician with murdering a graduate student who worked in his building, a portrait began to emerge Thursday of an...

Yale student’s cause of death: traumatic asphyxia

Liz De La Torre September 16, 2009

From The Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The chief state's medical examiner said Wednesday that a Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a basement wall died of traumatic...

Students Gather to Remember 9/11

Heather Brown September 16, 2009

Eight years seems like a long time, yet I’m sure we can all remember when we heard the news that a plane had somehow hit the World Trade Center in New York City. For those of us who are seniors, most...

Dems Seek to Play Down Role of Public Option Idea

The Associated Press September 16, 2009

WASHINGTON – The White House and its Democratic allies on Sunday tried to play down the role of a government insurance option in health care legislation as the party in power worked to reclaim momentum...

Great Whites Crash Labor Day on the Cape

Melanie Rovinsky September 16, 2009

Two great white sharks were tagged near Cape Cod on Sept. 7, marking the first successful great white taggings off the U.S. coast in the Atlantic Ocean. According to CNN, the taggings took place two...

Tough Love for Tila Tequila

Liz De La Torre September 16, 2009

If anyone thought the MTV reality show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila was drama, consider the commotion that transpired off-camera on Sept. 6 involving the petite celebrity. Tila Nguyen—a singer, actress,...

Exercise can extend survival even in ‘oldest old’

Liz De La Torre September 15, 2009

From The Associated Press CHICAGO – Even in the "oldest old," a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers...

NJ teens sue over ‘God Bless America’ ejection

Liz De La Torre September 15, 2009

From The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. – Three teenagers who say they were tossed from a New Jersey ballpark over their refusal to stand during the song "God Bless America" are suing the minor league...

Police: Found body is likely missing Yale student

Liz De La Torre September 14, 2009

From The Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Police are hunting for the killer who stuffed a body believed to be that of a Yale University graduate student behind a wall in the high-security laboratory...

Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving

Liz De La Torre September 13, 2009

From The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho – When police officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he'll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle....

Thousands of downtown DC protesters blast Obama

Liz De La Torre September 12, 2009

From The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care...

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