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Defense: Military missed soldier's stress disorder

Defense lawyers trying to save their client from the death penalty argued Tuesday that former U.S. soldier Steven Green exhibited clear symptoms of acute stress disorder in Iraq and that a military psychiatric nurse-practitioner failed to diagnose the troubled infantryman. A jury found Green guilty last week of a raping a 14-year-old girl, then killing her. Green also was found guilty of killing the girl's parents and sister. full story

Northeast

WTAE: Man charged in Super Bowl celebration
WPXI: VA releases vet with in IV needle in arm
WJAC: Official quits over Flight 93 memorial
WPXI: School drops plan to jam cell phones
WPXI: Student suspended for making porn quits

South

WPLG: 5 convicted in Sears Tower terror plot
WXII: Great Danes attack woman, 91
WMC: Puppy saves owner from fire
WGCL: Cops: UGA prof. committed suicide
WXII: Amber Alert issued for missing boy, 3

Midwest

KMBC: Plans for Skywalk memorial inch ahead
KMOV: Street racing blamed in fatal crash
WNEM: Principal to walk 1M inches on roof
WGN: Threat sends students home for 2nd day
WLWT: Suit filed in sexting suicide case

West

KPTV: County bags Twitter job after backlash
KTVU: Office fridge stench sickens workers
KPTV: Suffocated puppies found near shelter
KVVU: Cop's shot ends pit bull attack
KABC: Baggage container sucked into jet engine

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