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Dad: Suicidal son shot 59 times by cops was "just depressed"
3:28 PM on 08/19/2009
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (AP) -- Alonzo Heyward carried a rifle around his low-rent neighborhood one day last month, ranting about suicide and ignoring the pleas ...
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LA County allocates $350M to rebuild hospital in poor area
7:00 AM on 08/19/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- County officials on Tuesday approved a plan to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that has become a symbol of the area's continued racial strife.
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Black man brings assault rifle to Obama speech
6:28 PM on 08/18/2009
VIDEO - About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday...
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US Supreme Court orders a new hearing for Troy Davis
3:12 PM on 08/17/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ordered on Monday a new hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis...
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Trial begins in case of terrorized Haitian immigrants
11:39 AM on 08/17/2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- As many as 10 masked teenagers terrorized the then 35-year-old Haitian immigrant and her 12-year-old son in their home...
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