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Judge orders trial for man accused in 1979 slaying of N.Y. boy
NEW YORK -- A man who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 34 years ago remains one of the nation's most baffling missing-persons cases, will stand trial for the boy's murder, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Maxwell Wiley's...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Missing Persons, Trials
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Senate approves bill that would benefit L.A. port
WASHINGTON--The Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would increase funding for port projects in Los Angeles and elsewhere, shore up defenses against Sandy-like superstorms and study ways to better prepare the country for more extreme weather events....
Tags: Politics, Barbara Boxer, Beaches, O.J. Simpson, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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'Straw' buyer of arms linked to border agent's death is sentenced
PHOENIX — A federal judge sentenced a Phoenix man Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for purchasing firearms for a Mexican drug cartel, triggering a chain of events that included the death of an elite Border Patrol agent and the unraveling...
Tags: Firearms, Organized Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), Operation Fast and Furious
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Book review: 'People Who Eat Darkness' is a masterful true crime tale
People Who Eat Darkness The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished From the Streets of Tokyo — and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up Richard Lloyd Parry FSG Originals: 464 pp., $16 paper Americans have an advantage in reading "People Who Eat...
Tags: British Airways Plc, Japan, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, Crime, Law and Justice
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Daum: When parents hover
Since the release of the May 21 issue of Time magazine — the one with an attractive if rather indignant-looking young motherbreast-feeding a nearly 4-year-old child on the cover — much of the country has been abuzz with both admiration and...
Tags: Missing Persons, Murder, Kidnapping, Time (magazine)
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British police press to reopen case of missing Madeleine McCann
World NowBritish police are pushing Portugal to reopen the case of missing British girl Madeleine McCann almost five years after she vanished while on a family trip to the country....
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