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Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed....
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Israel says Iran unaffected by world pressure
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran's suspect nuclear program....
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Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect
LONDON (AP) -- Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun....
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Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday....
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$250K bail on hold in infant's faith-healing death
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and have had two sons die of pneumonia will remain in custody on murder charges until a bail hearing Friday....
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Cops probe link between Pa. heist, school threats
BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police and the FBI are investigating whether two high school bomb threats were phoned in to divert authorities from a southwestern Pennsylvania bank robbery that occurred at about the same time....
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Pa. jurors weigh evidence in slaying of fiance
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Jurors in eastern Pennsylvania are deliberating the fate of a woman accused of fatally stabbing her fiance on their wedding day....
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Elevator motor problem forces Capitol evacuation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Portions of the Pennsylvania Capitol were evacuated as a precaution after an elevator motor burned out....
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Man surrenders, had come to work with rifle, gun
EXPORT, Pa. (AP) -- A man who brought an assault rifle to the Pittsburgh-area business he works at shortly after he was suspended has surrendered to police....
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Police: W. Pa. man chained boy to table
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man allegedly chained his 11-year-old stepson to the dinner table after he refused to eat the food on his plate....
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4 serving probation for role in Pa. student's fall
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Four Penn State students will serve probation for supplying alcohol to a party where a cheerleader was seriously hurt in a fall from a fifth-floor window....
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Police: Missing Pa. college student found unharmed
SKIPPACK, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania State Police say a missing college student from suburban Philadelphia has been found unharmed....
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Trial delayed in alleged Pittsburgh police beating
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A young black man who claims he was wrongly beaten by three Pittsburgh police officers in January 2010 is to have a new trial on two of his three civil rights claims starting Nov. 4....
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13 Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at NYC auction
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thirteen paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction....
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