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    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man in his 30s beheaded a woman in her 60s on New York's Long Island and then jumped in front of a moving commuter train in an apparent murder-suicide, media reported on Wednesday. The body of a woman who was "the victim of an apparent homicide" was found in Farmingdale at…

    Reuters

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  • Police: Poison likely killed Utah family of 5

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    Associated Press

  • Bodies found in Mexico where 3 Texans missing

    MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Four bodies were found Wednesday east of the border city of Matamaros, near where three young Americans went missing more than two weeks ago, a Mexican state official said.

    Associated Press

  • NATO reports 'large scale' Russian air activity in European airspace

    NATO said Wednesday it had tracked and intercepted four groups of Russian warplanes "conducting significant military manoeuvres" in European airspace over the past two days. "These sizeable Russian flights represent an unusual level of air activity over European airspace," NATO said. The planes,…

    AFP

  • Cops: Child-rape suspect vowed to kill his accuser

    BOSTON (AP) — A man suspected of child-rape and committing crimes across the country after snipping off his court-ordered ankle bracelet had an "ultimate goal" of returning to Massachusetts to kill his 13-year-old accuser, state police said Wednesday, hours after he was captured in New York.

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    Parents Speak Out After Teen Shot To Death For Laughing At Man

    It`s a shocking crime with ties to central Indiana. Monday, prosecutors in Lake County, Ind., charged Khanji Fairley, 30, with the murder of 13-year-old Kobe Jones. Investigators said Fairley shot Jones multiple times on the teen`s porch in Gary, after Jones laughed about a burglary at Fairley`s…

    Tribune

  • Why Baltimore Is Hesitant to Open a 100-Year-Old Time Capsule

    A Sealed Capsule Discovered Behind a 1915 Plaque at the Washington Monument

    ABC News

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  • Eric Holder To Ferguson Leakers: ‘Shut Up’

    Attorney General Eric Holder says that he is beyond exasperated — he is “mad,” in fact — at the leaks pouring out of the investigation into the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

    The Daily Caller

  • Purdue University shooter found dead in Indiana prison

    (Reuters) - A former Purdue University student who admitted killing a fellow student on campus in January has been found dead in prison of an apparent suicide, a state prison official said on Wednesday. Cody Cousins, 24, was found unresponsive Tuesday night in his cell at the prison in Michigan…

    Reuters

  • American couple held in Qatar speaks: 'We are being kidnapped'

    An American couple feels trapped and abandoned by the U.S. Government as they await a possible death sentence following the death of their daughter in the oil rich country of Qatar. Grace and Matthew Huang were accused of starving their adopted daughter Gloria to death almost two years ago. Since…

    Yahoo News with Katie Couric

  • Why do some survive Ebola? Sierra Leone study offers clues

    By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - An analysis of the first Ebola cases in Sierra Leone helps draw a clearer picture of why some people survive the disease, while others do not, including their age and the pace at which the virus replicates within their body. The study published Wednesday is…

    Reuters
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    LAPD Officer Arrested for Allegedly Committing a Lewd Act in Public

    Off-duty Los Angeles police Officer Ryan Galliher was arrested in Huntington Beach last Thursday after allegedly committing a lewd act in public. Chip Yost reports for the KTLA 5 News at 6 on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.

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  • New clue to the mystery of Amelia Earhart?

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    Christian Science Monitor

  • 13 Fast Food Items You Should Never Order

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  • 'Big Bang Theory' actress Cuoco gets Hollywood star

    Los Angeles (AFP) - "The Big Bang Theory" actress Kaley Cuoco was joined by fellow cast members from the hit TV sitcom as she received a star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame. Jim Parsons (Sheldon), Johnny Galecki (Leonard), Simon Helberg (Howard) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj), as well as the show's…

    AFP

  • Missing Broncos fan says he had 'fill of football'

    DENVER (AP) — A man whose disappearance during last week's Denver Broncos game touched off an extensive search by family and friends told police he had "his fill of football" and walked and hitchhiked about 130 miles to a city in southern Colorado.

    Associated Press

  • IS jihadists execute more than 40 tribesmen in Iraq's Anbar

    Jihadists from the Islamic State group executed Wednesday more than 40 members of a tribe that fought against them in Iraq's Anbar province, sources said. The men from the Albu Nimr tribe were killed in the Heet area, northwest of Baghdad, which was overrun by the militants earlier this month, a…

    AFP

  • Romo: Back pain won't be reason he skips Sunday

    IRVING, Texas (AP) — If it's a question of tolerating pain, Tony Romo says he will play Sunday against Arizona — and history supports him on that point.

    Associated Press

  • Frenchman dies after downing 56 shots

    French police opened an investigation on Wednesday following the death of a man in his 50s after he downed 56 shots during a drinking competition. The man, who was not named, was attempting to beat the previous record of 55 shots in a bar in Clermont-Ferrand in central France on Friday. The bar…

    AFP

  • Boy or girl? Family with 12 sons awaits baby 13

    ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan couple with 12 sons is expecting baby No. 13, and even though they're sticking to their tradition of not finding out in advance whether they're having a boy or girl, they said they'd be shocked if their streak is broken.

    Associated Press

  • Brand New Sleep-Aid Takes CVS by Storm

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  • Texas executes ex-gang member for deaths of 3

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former gang member was put to death Tuesday evening for the fatal shootings of three rivals 14 years ago in San Antonio.

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