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Feds: Leader of Islamic group killed in raid
The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit says Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah refused to surrender during an FBI raid Wednesday and was killed in an exchange of gunfire.
Posted: 10 days agoJury seated in Texas polygamist raid trial
Eight men and four women have been seated on a jury to hear the first criminal case stemming from the raid of a polygamist group’s West Texas ranch last year.
Posted: 10 days agoFarm states may copy Ohio vote on livestock rules
Ohio voters will decide next week whether to create a board overseeing livestock care in a move that could give farmers in rural America a blueprint for battling animal rights groups intent on outlawing cramped cages for chickens and hogs.
Posted: 10 days agoFlorida man claims he is too fat to kill his son-in-law
Edward Ates, who is 5 feet 8 and 285 pounds, claims he was too fat to shoot his son-in-law. Ates said his asthma, sleep apnea and other obesity-related ailments also would prevent him from making a fast get away after the crime.
Posted: 10 days agoCheated winner wants Texas lottery to pay him
A 67-year-old who claims he was defrauded out of a $1 million winning lottery ticket said he will sue the Texas Lottery Commission for the money unless it pays him.
Posted: 10 days agoRepairs begin at Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC
Repair work was under way Wednesday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall as a private memorial fund took over landscaping and maintenance of 13 acres from the National Park Service.
Posted: 17 days agoInvestigators baffled by Fla. girl's disappearance
Investigators have no clues three days after a 7-year-old girl vanished on her way home from school, a sheriff in north Florida said Wednesday.
Posted: 17 days agoPharmacy college graduate charged with terror plot
A pharmacy college graduate appeared in court hours after being charge with a terror plot to kill two U.S. politicians and attacking U.S. mall shoppers and American troops in Iraq.
Posted: 17 days agoMarine pleads guilty in hero hoax, to be sentenced
A Marine Corps sergeant pleaded guilty Wednesday to faking post-traumatic stress disorder and pretending to be an injured hero to get in free to rock concerts and professional sporting events.
Posted: 17 days agoObama to refocus bailout on small businesses
The White House says the initiatives will make it easier for smaller community banks to provide credit to small businesses, which have been hard-hit by the financial crisis. The president’s plan also includes a request that Congress increase caps for existing Small Business Administration loans.
Posted: 17 days ago