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  Marine sergeant accused of hazing goes to trial

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:28 am

  A second Marine is going to trial for allegedly hazing a fellow Marine who later fatally shot himself in Afghanistan. Read more...
  
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  US closes embassy in Syria because of insecurity

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:25 am

  The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power. Read more...
  

• Ariz. police to begin searching landfill for girl

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:22 am

  Police have started searching a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for more than four months and who authorities now believe is dead. Read more...
  

• Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:20 am

  Georgia's top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding on Monday with four members of a suicide group who said the law violated their free speech rights. Read more...
  

• Ga. court to hear case of possible gator attack

  Monday, Feb 6, 6:25 am

  The family of a Georgia woman claims a homeowners association should have removed an alligator from a subdivision that they say may have killed the woman. Read more...
  
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  Fire kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys

  Monday, Feb 6, 6:07 am

  Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished. Read more...
  

• 3rd US cruise ship sails after virus outbreak

  Monday, Feb 6, 5:43 am

  A third U.S.-based cruise ship with an outbreak of stomach illness has sailed again after being decontaminated in South Florida. Read more...
  

• Obama: Syria can be solved without military action

  Monday, Feb 6, 5:34 am

  President Barack Obama says it is important to resolve the ongoing conflict in Syria without outside military intervention. Read more...
  

• Police: Man accidentally shoots self at gun show

  Monday, Feb 6, 3:58 am

  Authorities say a Georgia man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Savannah gun show. Read more...
  

• Ca. school closing for 2 days over teacher arrests

  Monday, Feb 6, 3:14 am

  The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are canceled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd acts with young students, officials said. Read more...
  
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  2 new charges for suspect in Ca. homeless killings

  Monday, Feb 6, 2:50 am

  A former Marine already accused of killing four homeless men faces two new murder charges in the stabbing deaths of the mother and older brother of his high school friend, prosecutors said. Read more...
  

• Public viewing set for Philly Cardinal Bevilacqua

  Monday, Feb 6, 2:43 am

  The public viewing is set for the former spiritual leader of Philadelphia's 1.5 million Catholics. Read more...
  

• The nations weather

  Monday, Feb 6, 1:57 am

  Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, February 06, 2012. Read more...
  
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  Blood, saliva and DNA are keys to murder case

  Monday, Feb 6, 1:07 am

  A trial opening this week has the dramatic elements of a TV crime show _ a bloody murder scene, two pretty women and a love triangle that could have precipitated the killing. Read more...
  
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  Mushroom pickers lost hope, considered eating dog

  Monday, Feb 6, 1:04 am

  Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon. Read more...