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Insanity defense planned for suspect in Smart case Friday, March 12, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY - Attorneys for the man charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart are telling a federal judge they plan to present an insanity defense.
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US terror suspect in Yemen worked at 5 nuke sites Friday, March 12, 2010

BUENA, N.J. - Federal regulators say a U.S. citizen in custody in Yemen as a suspected al-Qaida member worked at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Police: Man tells attorney he killed 2 Friday, March 12, 2010

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - It wasn't the kind of call police get very often - a lawyer informing them a man walked into her office and told her he had killed two people the previous day and was turning himself in.
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Severe storm damages 28 units at Fla. golf resort Friday, March 12, 2010

LAKELAND, Fla. - A storm system rumbling across central Florida damaged 28 units at a golf resort, leaving five of the condos uninhabitable.
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New Mexico crews looking for missing snowboarder Friday, March 12, 2010

SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico rescue crews are searching the mountains around the Santa Fe ski area after a snowboarder failed to return to the base when the area closed.
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Woman gets 16 years for raping daughter from China Friday, March 12, 2010

TACOMA, Wash. - A 47-year-old woman in Washington state has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter adopted from China.
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Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC responders Friday, March 12, 2010

NEW YORK - Thousands of ground zero workers who claim to have been sickened by dust and debris from the World Trade Center will have 90 days to decide whether to accept a settlement worth up to $657.5 million.
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NYC police pursue video leads in bar beating Friday, March 12, 2010

NEW YORK - Security video has attracted some tips, but none so far have led police to the stranger who followed a woman into a bar restroom, savagely beating her and perhaps trying to sexually assault her after she rejected his advances.
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NYC police pursue video leads in bar beating Friday, March 12, 2010

NEW YORK - Security video has attracted some tips, but none so far have led police to the stranger who followed a woman into a bar restroom, savagely beating her and perhaps trying to sexually assault her after she rejected his advances.
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Hearing for Pa. boy, 12, accused of killing woman Friday, March 12, 2010

NEW CASTLE, Pa. - A hearing is under way in Pennsylvania to determine whether a 12-year-old boy can be tried as an adult on charges he killed his father's pregnant fiancee.
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