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Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent suicide
Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities in Boger City, N.C., said. He was 71. Lincoln County sheriff's Lt. Tim Johnson said authorities received a call, apparently from Trickle, who said...
Tags: NASCAR, Dwayne Johnson, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, France
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Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six. Nine Afghan civilians were...
Tags: Pakistan, Transportation Accidents, Taliban, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts
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Afghan militants threaten more attacks after deadly bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A militant group said its attack Thursday on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital marked a stepped-up campaign against the foreign presence in Afghanistan, and promised more such assaults. The suicide bombing killed six...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts, Bombings, Wars and Interventions
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Afghanistan, Concussion, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , U.S. Army, University of Utah
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Afghanistan suicide attack kills 15, including at least two Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan – The death toll from a powerful suicide car bomb that shook the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday morning has increased to 15, including two American troops and four foreign civilian contractors, according to U.S. and Afghan...
Tags: Fishing, Transportation Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Bombings
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Transportation Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Bombings, Shootings
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12 killed as suicide car bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing six foreigners and at least six Afghan civilians, according to local officials. The attack took place around 8 a.m., a time when many people in the Afghan capital were...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Bombings
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Vermont House OKs right-to-die bill; governor expected to sign it
Vermont is on track to become the fourth state to allow severely ill patients to end their lives under medical supervision. The state’s House of Representatives voted 75 to 65 on Monday night to approve the “Patient Choice at End of Life&...
Tags: Politics, Values, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Assisted Suicide
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4th pedestrian in two weeks killed by Metrolink train
For the fourth time in the last two weeks -- and the third in Orange County -- a pedestrian was killed after ending up in the path of an oncoming Metrolink train. The latest incident happened about 8:55 a.m. Tuesday when a person ran up to a rail...
Tags: Amtrak
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Jodi Arias says after murder conviction she prefers death penalty
PHOENIX — Jodi Arias said in a post-conviction interview with a TV station that she prefers the death penalty over life in prison. Arias talked to Fox affiliate KSAZ in the courthouse minutes after she was convicted of first-degree murder. With...
Tags: Witnesses, Murder, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Ariel Castro's bail set at $8 million in Cleveland abduction case
Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver, was arraigned Thursday on rape and kidnapping charges in connection with the disappearance of three Cleveland women, and his bail was set at $8 million. It was the first court appearance for Castro, 52. He did...
Tags: Prosecution, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Trials
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