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3 hrs ago | WICD

Council Members Question Champaign Police

A cousin of one of the women gunned down last weekend at an East St. Louis convenience store has died in an accidental shooting.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO Metro, East St. Louis, IL

8 hrs ago | Cincypost.Com

Grand Jury Indicts Nunn on Murder Charge

A grand jury in Lexington has indicted a former state lawmaker on charges of murder and violating an emergency protective order in the fatal shooting of his former fiancee.

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12 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

Mother Tried to Shield Baby in Fatal SC Shooting

A South Carolina mother fruitlessly tried to shield her 20-month-old toddler from a barrage of bullets in a drive-by shooting that killed the baby and two adults and injured at least five others, relatives said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Video

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KVAL-TV Eugene

No bail in slaying of pregnant woman

A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting her baby out of her womb will remain in jail without bail pending trial.

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Related Topix: Hillsboro, OR, Washington County, OR

Kansas City Star

No bail for Ore. woman of slaying pregnant woman

An Oregon woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby out of her womb will remain in jail without bail pending trial.A judge ruled Tuesday that 28-year-old Korena Roberts should remain in custody on aggravated murder charges in the June 5 death of 21-year-old Heather Snively.One of the lead detectives in the case testified at a ...

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Related Topix: Oregon

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Coroner: 3 killed, 6 hurt in SC shooting

A South Carolina coroner says three people including a young child are dead and six were injured in a drive-by shooting in a small town.

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Related Topix: Walterboro, SC, Colleton County, SC

News.com.au

'Killer said corpse stench was sausages'

"He told her stench of corpses was sausages" Police have unearthed the remains of 11 women in and around the house where Lori Frazier lived with Anthony Sowell, who was indicted today in the case that led to the discoveries of the bodies.

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Irish Examiner

US sniper who killed 10 faces execution as appeal fails

A sniper who terrorised America during a three-week killing spree in 2002 is due to be executed today after an 11th-hour bid to block his death failed.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government, Virginia

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Newsday.com

High court looks at life in prison for juveniles

This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Columbia Correctional Institution, Prison, US News

6 ABC

Man confesses to killing abortion doc

Defiant and unapologetic, a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, telling The Associated Press that he killed the doctor to protect unborn children.

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Related Topix: Abortion

Telegraph.co.uk

Fort Hood shooting suspect awake and talking

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the man suspected of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood military base in Texas, is awake and talking.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Brooke Army Medical Center

The Courier-Journal

Police checking if Nunn had nude photos of Ross on cellphone

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Lexington police are searching the digital files of former state Rep.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, Barren County, KY, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Boston Globe

Seattle shooting suspect called lone domestic terrorist who targeted police

Police described a suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle police officer as a "lone domestic terrorist'' and said he was also suspected of firebombing four police vehicles.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Woman fatally shot by father while cleaning guns

Tampa police say a father helping his 32-year-old daughter clean a gun after target shooting accidentally fired the weapon and killed her.

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WWL-TV New Orleans

Police: 3 women gunned down while in car with kids

Investigators on Sunday captured a man they believe opened fire on a car parked at a gas station, killing three women, including an acquaintance of the suspect, state investigators said.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, St. Louis, MO Metro, East St. Louis, IL

KEZI-TV Eugene

Wesley Convicted of Murder in Sept. 2008 Drive-By Shooting

A jury has convicted Michael Wesley, 28, of murder in a drive-by shooting after his co-defendant admitted firing the fatal shot.

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Belleville News

Suspect pleads guilty in So. Ill. man's death; victim was hit in head with fire extinguisher

One of two suspects accused of killing a southern Illinois man by hitting him in the head with a fire extinguisher has pleaded guilty.

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Related Topix: Herrin, IL, Chicago Metro

National News

Clevelander would be rare among serial killers

CLEVELAND: Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them - most by strangulation - and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, OH

CBS News

Police: 1 Killed, 2 Injured In Shooting Near Vail

A man opened fire inside a bar near the ski town of Vail Saturday night, killing one person and wounding three others, police said.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Daily Mail

Concerns over whether vital clues were missed at the Cleveland 'House of Horrors'

Concerns over whether vital clues were missed at the Cleveland 'House of Horrors' By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 1:56 AM on 08th November 2009 Residents living near rapist and suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell fear a catalogue of errors meant vital clues were missed by police and the authorities.

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