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1 hr ago | KBTX-TV Bryan

Texas Woman Charged in Death of Baby Sitter

An east Texas mother accused of killing her baby sitter to keep the woman from testifying in a child welfare hearing has been charged with capital murder.

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3 hrs ago | New York Times

Autopsies in Fire Find Mother Died by Suicide and Children Were Murdered

The deaths of four children in a house fire on Staten Island on July 22 have been ruled homicides, while their mother died by her own hand, according to autopsy results released by the city medical examiner's office on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY

7 hrs ago | San Francisco Chronicle

2 charged with murder in Hayward men's deaths

Rafael Avila was murdered execution-style on Mother's Day, May 9, 2010. Isaiah Washington and a 17-year old Fremont girl were charged with the murders.

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Related Topix: Hayward, CA, Fremont, CA, Oakland, CA

11 hrs ago | Star-Gazette.COM

Man accused of stabbing son, ex-girlfriend indicted on murder charges

A man accused of stabbing to death his son and ex-girlfriend, the child's mother, was indicted on murder charges by a Steuben County grand jury.

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Related Topix: Steuben County, NY, Watervliet, NY

15 hrs ago | Cleveland.com

Cleveland municipal judge sets bail at $8 million for man accused of killing his wife

The man accused of stabbing his wife, marriage counselor Tonya Hunter-Lyons , 17 times in front of her young son was held on $8 million bond Thursday.

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Related Topix: Cuyahoga County, OH

19 hrs ago | BBC

Man cleared of murder three times

A businessman accused of killing a man at his Cheshire mansion has had murder charges against him dropped - the third time he has been cleared of murder.

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Related Topix: World News, Cheshire County, England, United Kingdom, Greater Manchester County, England,

Thu Jul 29, 2010

WTMJ-AM Milwaukee

Dane County Deputies Shoot, Kill Man

Dane County sheriff's deputies have been involved in another fatal shooting. A man was shot and killed by deputies Wednesday night after they were called to a domestic disturbance just outside Stoughton.

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Related Topix: Dane County, WI, Stoughton, WI

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Trials set on jailbreak, murder charges for Pa. man whose land contained many buried corpses

A man whose northeastern Pennsylvania property contained as many as 12 corpses will be tried on double-murder charges this fall.

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Wilkes-Barre, PA

KansasCity.com

One person in custody following fatal shooting in Parkville

Police have arrested a second teen-aged male they believe is responsible for an early morning shooting in Parkville that left another teenager dead.Police believe the second arrest is the person who fired the gun that killed a 17-year-old boy.

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Related Topix: Parkville, MO, Missouri, Kansas City, MO

WTKR-TV Norfolk

Police say gunman kills 3, then shoots himself in San Antonio home

A man walked into a house in an upscale gated community, pulled two handguns from a briefcase and killed two men and a mother while her three children played in the backyard, authorities said Thursday.

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Canada.com

Man. teen who killed mother, five-year-old sister gets youth sentence

A teenage boy from Manitoba who shot and killed his adoptive mother and his five-year-old stepsister has been sentenced as a youth.

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WFMJ-TV Youngstown

NE Philly man charged with killing mother-in-law

Authorities have charged a northeastern Philadelphia man with killing his mother-in-law over the weekend.

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Wed Jul 28, 2010

CBS News

Autopsies Confirm Texas Mayor Murder-Suicide

COPPELL, Texas Autopsy reports released by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office on Tuesday confirm that the shooting deaths of Mayor Jayne Peters of Coppell, Texas and her 19-year-old daughter Corinne Peters were a murder-suicide. PICTURES: Texas Mayor and Daughter Murder-Suicide The autopsy report on Corinne Peters shows that the mayor's ...

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Related Topix: Coppell, TX, Suicide, Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication

Kansas City Star

Pair convicted of murder in Philly officer's death

Two men were convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the ambush death of a police officer after a bank robbery, even though neither defendant pulled the trigger.Levon Warner, 41, and Eric Floyd, 35, each face the possibility of the death penalty after being convicted on all counts Wednesday in the May 3, 2008, shooting death of Sgt.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

CA Woman Charged for VA Man's Shooting Death

An Oakland woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Virginia man who was killed after being robbed of $17. An Oakland woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Virginia man who was killed after being robbed of $17. Prosecutors also filed robbery charges against 33-year-old Althea Housley Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Fairfax, VA

Ventura County Star

Jury to announce verdict in Philly cop killing

A Philadelphia jury has reached a verdict in the trial of two men charged in the fatal shooting of a city police officer.

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Boness Today

Man killed friend with scissors A man has admitted killing a friend...

A man has admitted killing a friend with a pair of scissors after an argument over a girl in South Lanarkshire.

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The Daily News Journal

TBI seeks help in locating man accused of Smyrna murder

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added a man accused of murder to its list of Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives and is seeking the public's help to locate and arrest him.

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Related Topix: Smyrna, TN, Murfreesboro, TN

WXOW

Jury convicts man in 1995 Iowa gang shooting

A Polk County jury has convicted a man of voluntary manslaughter in a gang killing in Des Moines in 1995.

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Tue Jul 27, 2010

KWWL-TV Waterloo

Trial delayed for suspect in rest stop killing

The trial for a Nebraska man charged in the shooting death of a maintenance worker at a rest stop on Interstate 80 in Iowa has been rescheduled.

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Related Topix: Iowa County, IA, Victor, IA

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