Amanda Knox tells Italian jury she's not an 'assassin'
CNN - 16 minutes agoAmerican student Amanda Knox took the stand for a third time Thursday, telling jurors in her Italian murder trial she is not an "assassin" who killed her former roommate.
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Police: Man hides in Ala. Wal-Mart, takes cash
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 4:06 pm ETFairfield police said a Mississippi man took holiday shopping to another level by hiding in a Wal-Mart and trying to leave with cash. Police said the man hid inside the Walmart on Nov. 25 after it closed at 11 p.m. and took $54,000 in cash and checks. A guard subdued the man when he tried to leave through locked doors. Police said money bags started falling from his clothes as he shook the doors.
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Police: Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 4:02 pm ETPolice said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum.
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Suicide bomber kills senior police official, 4 others in Iraq
Washington Post - Thu Dec 3, 3:50 pm ETBAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber killed a senior Iraqi police official Thursday in the northern city of Tikrit in an attack that authorities blamed on al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Afghan Training Mission Faces Tough Obstacles
Fox News - 11 minutes agoContinuing obstacles provoke skepticism from Congress about whether the U.S. military can train the Afghans quickly and effectively enough to begin to replace American forces by Obama's proposed exit start date of July 2011.
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Two men shot at, arrested by police in Prince George's
Washington Post - Thu Dec 3, 3:37 pm ETA police officer in Prince George's County fired at two men in a stolen car who apparently tried to run the officer over during a traffic stop Thursday, police said
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School van crashes into pond, killing 10
UPI - 29 minutes agoNEW DELHI, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A school van plunged into a roadside pond in South India, killing nine children and a kindergarten teacher, police said.
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Despite Tough Law, Few Arrests for Sex Trafficking
New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 3:01 pm ETProsecutors and victim advocates blame inadequate police training in how to ask women the right questions.
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Pa. cops: Robber took own photo with stolen phone
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:44 pm ETPhiladelphia police are confident that a photo of a suspected robber taken on a stolen cell phone will lead them to an arrest.
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Canadian hairdresser charged with trafficking in Chinese women
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:34 pm ETA Canadian woman posing as a hairdresser was charged on Thursday with human trafficking, for trying to sell two Chinese women to undercover policemen for 4,000 dollars each.
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Security stepped up for Fla. football trifecta
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:32 pm ETLaw enforcement officials — not tailgaters — were getting stoked Thursday outside Land Shark Stadium, rolling out an impressive display of equipment to protect Miami's postseason football trifecta: the Orange Bowl, Pro Bowl and Super Bowl No. 44.
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Knox, boyfriend make final appeals in sex murder trial
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:21 pm ETAmerican Amanda Knox asked a jury not to put the "killer's mask" on her as she and her boyfriend made emotional final appeals Thursday denying the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
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Vikings' Peterson gets 109 mph speeding ticket
Sports Illustrated - Thu Dec 3, 2:17 pm ETMINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was cited for speeding over the weekend after police clocked him driving 109 mph on a highway in suburban Minneapolis.
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He can't drive 55: A-Pete ticketed at 109 mph
CBS Sports - 1 hour 37 minutes agoMinnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson said Thursday that he'll be more careful after police clocked him driving 109 mph on a suburban Minneapolis highway over the weekend and cited him for speeding.
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Dorsey High's football program is about more than athletics
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour 37 minutes agoUnder Coach Paul Knox, football offers a haven from the streets where players can learn to break free of tackles, on field and off. Jeremiah Allison sits stone-faced inside the big yellow bus as it winds through a maze of South Los Angeles streets, escorted by police. His jaws clench, his eyes narrow and his mind races to the hard, if not impossible, task ahead.
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Driver of Cadillac limo runs over woman and drags body through skid row, police say
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour 37 minutes agoSonia Tauanuu, 25, was pronounced dead by witnesses at the scene, the LAPD says. The driver, Nancy Lekon, 43, was arrested on suspicion of homicide. The driver of a Cadillac limousine intentionally ran over a woman and dragged her body nearly a mile through skid row in downtown Los Angeles early Thursday, authorities said.
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Burleson Police Arrest Rest Stop Rape Suspect
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