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• Pa. gas drilling fee bill debate ends without vote

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 8:01 pm

  A bill to impose regulations and fees on Pennsylvania's burgeoning natural gas drilling industry will get at least another day of debate after talks ended when state lawmakers ran up against their nightly curfew. Read more...
  
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  LA district tries to restore trust in school

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:58 pm

  When students return to the school where two teachers were jailed last week for alleged lewdness, they'll have new teachers in their classrooms, a new principal in the front office and new workers serving lunch. Read more...
  
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  No charges against NYPD boss' son after rape claim

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:57 pm

  The police commissioner's TV host son won't face criminal charges of sexually assaulting a woman who said he attacked her after a date last fall, prosecutors said Tuesday. Read more...
  

• Bystander dead in shootout at Dallas train station

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:39 pm

  A man suspected of starting a shootout with police at a suburban Dallas transit station that left a bystander dead Tuesday was himself found dead a short time later after a second gunfight with pursuing officers, authorities said. Read more...
  

• Hazing court martial begins for Marine sergeant

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:30 pm

  A sergeant singled out a member of his squad at their patrol base in Afghanistan, a military prosecutor said Tuesday at the start of the military trial of a Hawaii-based Marine accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan. Read more...
  
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  Police say arrests made in murder of Ariz. couple

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:23 pm

  Police said Tuesday that they have arrested five people in the shocking deaths of an Arizona couple found tied up and burned beyond recognition in their stylish stucco home in a posh Phoenix suburb. Read more...
  

• Officer testifies in LA detective's murder trial

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:13 pm

  The lead detective in the case of a newlywed slain 26 years ago concluded just after the death that she was killed by two burglars, a retired police officer testified Tuesday in the murder trial of a former Los Angeles police detective. Read more...
  
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  History expert pleads guilty to stealing documents

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 6:28 pm

  A memorabilia collector and self-styled expert on presidential history pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to steal thousands of documents signed by leaders throughout U.S. history. Read more...
  
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  Mo. teen described as thrill killer by prosecutors

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 6:21 pm

  A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a young neighbor girl was described as a thrill killer by prosecutors and a mentally disturbed child by her defense attorneys as a judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or something less. Read more...
  
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  World Trade Center cost rises to $14.8B

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 6:18 pm

  The agency that is building the new World Trade Center is "dysfunctional" and has let costs get out of control on the $14.8 billion project, auditors said Tuesday. Read more...
  
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  APNewsBreak: Susan Powell case called 'murder'

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 6:09 pm

  Utah authorities have for at least six months investigated the disappearance of Susan Powell as a murder case. But without a body, they publicly held out hope that she would be found alive. Read more...
  
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  Appeals court throws out same-sex marriage ban

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 5:51 pm

  Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California's ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity" of gays. Read more...
  

• Aide charged with making child porn in NYC school

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 5:34 pm

  A New York City teacher's aide already accused of possessing child pornography was jailed Tuesday after prosecutors brought new allegations that he videotaped himself spanking one naked child and fondling another in a public elementary school classroom. Read more...
  

• Ex-P&G board member's NY trial date moved to May

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 4:46 pm

  The criminal trial of a former board member of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. has been moved from April to May after his lawyer grumbled that prosecutors want to keep changing the charges. Read more...
  

• Stanford's attorneys say ex-CFO was behind fraud

  Tuesday, Feb 7, 4:43 pm

  Attorneys for jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford suggested to jurors Tuesday that letters, emails and other documents show it was not the financier but his top money man who was actually behind an alleged Ponzi scheme that took billions from investors. Read more...