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| Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice |
| The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the field. |
| Owners have a bone to pick after ailing Yorkie kidnapped, returned |
After two tension-filled days that saw a bizarre ransom request for $1,000, Walter, the deaf, ailing 11-year-old mini Yorkie callously snatched from a fenced-in backyard Thursday, has reportedly been reunited with his owners. |
| Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot |
| Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a winning Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million. |
| Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed |
| The Somali community in Minnesota is reacting with a mix of outrage, confusion and relief to sentences handed down last week in the long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab. |
| Wrecked commuter trains removed from crash site in Connecticut |
Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. |
| Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in' |
| In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. |
| 3 Chicago teens accused of raping girl, posting attack on Facebook |
Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook. |
| Autistic boy, 8, disappears while vacationing in Florida |
Authorities are searching by land and sea for an 8-year-old Autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle. |
| Military wife's surprise weight loss leaves Army husband a big winner |
Deployed for a year in Afghanistan, Army Spc. Larry Shaffer returned to North Carolina this week to discover his wife, Misty, had dropped more than 100 pounds in that 12-month period as a homecoming gift to her husband. |
| Minneapolis police reopen 1996 cold case after receiving new tip |
Minneapolis police have reopened a 17-year-old case of a woman found stabbed to death in the trunk of her car. |
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