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Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend.
Posted: February 23, 2012, 12:19 am
Adam Brooks says that while there is no cure for this chronic illness that affects the brain, it can be managed and recovery is possible.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 11:25 pm
Five people were killed in a suburban Atlanta spa Tuesday night in a shooting that police said appeared to be a murder-suicide.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 9:58 pm
The Smithsonian Institution will officially begin construction Wednesday on a new museum dedicated to African American culture and heritage -- a complex committed to the celebration and study one of the central components of the American story.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 7:56 pm
The remains of two bodies recovered last week based on maps provided by a California death row inmate have been identified through DNA testing as those of two women, Chevelle Wheeler and Cyndi Vanderheiden, investigators said Wednesday.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:12 pm
An Indiana lawmaker who opposes celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America says the group "sexualizes" young girls, promotes homosexuality and is a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 5:26 pm
The mother of Amir Hekmati, an American sentenced to death in Iran for espionage, visited her son last month, sources close to the family said.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 7:21 am