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NEW YORK—A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been sentenced to three years' probation for resisting arrest outside the singer's New York City apartment building. 

 


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01/02/2013 10:45 PM MST - HONOLULU—President Barack Obama has signed a $633 billion defense bill for next year that tightens penalties on Iran and bolsters security at diplomatic missions worldwide after the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya.  
 
 
Some Aurora victims' families angry over theater event
01/02/2013 11:39 PM MST - Families of victims from the Aurora theater shooting are so outraged by an invitation to a "special evening of remembrance" that they are organizing a boycott of the event and the theater where 12 people were killed and at least 58 others were injured.  

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    Failed To Death
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