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Ind. panel backs changes to early release law

People convicted of sex offenses wouldn’t be allowed to shorten their prison sentences by earning college degrees under a proposal supported Tuesday by an Indiana Senate committee.


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Sheriff: NM teen planned to randomly shoot people

The New Mexico teenager accused of gunning down five family members over the weekend ambushed his father as he returned home from an overnight shift at a rescue mission, then reloaded his rifles and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people, authorities said Tuesday.



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Ind. panel backs changes to early release law

INDIANAPOLIS — People convicted of sex offenses wouldn't be allowed to shorten their prison sentences by earning college degrees under a proposal supported Tuesday by an Indiana Senate committee.




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Inside job, 2 Canadian militants in Algeria siege

The hostage-taking at a remote Algerian gas plant was carried out by 30 militants from across the northern swath of Africa and two from Canada, authorities said. The militants, who wore military uniforms and knew the layout, included explosives experts who rigged it with bombs and a leader whose final order was to kill all the captives.


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GOP official: House to vote to lift debt limit

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House will vote next week to permit the government to borrow more money to meet its obligations, a move aimed at heading off a market-rattling confrontation with President Barack Obama over the so-called debt limit.  


Donations sit in boxes at a warehouse in Newtown, Connecticut, on Thursday, December 27, 2012, where thousands of stuffed animals, toys and other gifts have been arriving after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (Rick Hartford/Hartford Courant/MCT)
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1st donations after Newtown shooting being spent

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The first of the money donated through the United Way after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School is being spent in part to meet the immediate needs of first responders, teachers and others who lost wages and may have exhausted their benefits.







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