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Calif. bank robbed; device strapped to manager

Two masked gunmen kidnapped a bank manager, strapped what they said was a bomb to her midsection and forced her to order employees to empty cash drawers when her Bank of America branch opened Wednesday morning, authorities said.



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Ohio women indicted in gruesome death

A grand jury has indicted two Ohio women on an aggravated murder charge in the killing of a woman found covered in burns and wailing in agony on the side of a rural road.



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Reported theft of Romney tax records being probed

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - The Secret Service said Wednesday it is investigating the reported theft of copies of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's federal tax records during a break-in at an accounting office in Franklin. Someone claiming responsibility demanded $1 million not to make them public.



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Closing arguments set to start in Peterson trial

Attorneys deliver closing arguments at Drew Peterson's trial Tuesday, after which jurors will begin deliberations on whether the state proved the former Illinois police officer murdered his third wife.


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Democrats open convention playing defense of Obama

Democrats open their national convention Tuesday offering President Barack Obama as America's best chance to revive the ragged U.S. economy and asking voters to be patient with incomplete results so far. Michelle Obama, in her opening-night speech, aims to give people a very personal reminder of "the man that he was before he was president."


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Mass. judge OKs sex change for inmate

A federal judge has ordered the Massachusetts Department of Correction to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation for a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.







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