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Apr 15, 2016
A judge on Friday refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set for two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man.
Judge Michael Bohren denied requests by the girls' attorneys to lower the bond amount. The girls have been...
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Apr 15, 2016
Michigan would have the toughest lead-testing rules in the nation and require the replacement of all underground lead service pipes in the state under a sweeping plan that Gov. Rick Snyder and a team of water experts unveiled Friday in the wake of Flint's water crisis.
Other proposals include requiring...
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Apr 15, 2016
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge trekked through blue pine forests to visit a famed Buddhist monastery in Bhutan on Friday during their weeklong tour of South Asia.
Taktsang Monastery, also known as Tiger's Nest, clings to the side of a cliff. Once Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton,...
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Apr 15, 2016
Eight years ago, Angela Collins and Elizabeth Hanson thought they had found the one — the man whose sperm would help them have their first child.
The couple from Port Hope, Ontario, was immediately struck by a sperm donor profile on the website of Xytex Corp., a global sperm bank based in August,...
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Apr 15, 2016
Investigations into two inmate suicides in Arizona prisons resulted in the firings of 13 corrections officers and sergeants and the disciplining of six other employees for failing to conduct security checks or other types of neglect of duty, the state Corrections Department announced Friday.
The...
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Apr 15, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrived in Rome on Friday to attend a Vatican conference, fresh off the debate stage where he was swinging at rival Hillary Clinton on everything from Wall Street to the dignity of the Palestinians.
Sanders arrived in Rome hours after Thursday night's...
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Apr 15, 2016
Shawn Bagley thought he knew what he was getting into when he was elected to become one of California's so-called superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention, and energetic debate with other activists was part of it.
What Bagley had not anticipated was being jolted out of bed by a 2 a.m....
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Apr 15, 2016
Sheriff's deputies are warning motorists and others to be on the lookout for dozens of buffalo on the loose in southern Juneau County, near the Wisconsin Dells.
The sheriff's department says about 120 buffalo escaped from an enclosure and are roaming free near Elroy, Union Center and Wonewoc.
Authorities...
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Apr 15, 2016
"My name is Eric Walton," the teenager said, standing center stage at the April 2 Tedx Boise event. "At the age of 13 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after my mom wrote a slightly unimportant blog post that went viral on the internet... She said that she was the mother of a child with a mental...
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Apr 15, 2016
With marches, chants and prayers, Nigerians marked Thursday's painful second anniversary of the mass abduction of the Chibok girls, still angry and frustrated the teenagers have not been found but hopeful a new video might lead to their safe return.
"BRING BACK OUR GIRLS NOW & ALIVE," proclaimed...
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