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Sandy Hook: Motive still a mystery as community holds first funerals
Police in Newtown, Conn., say they have 'solid evidence' that may help explain why Adam Lanza went on a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School, but a 'clear picture' likely is 'months' away.
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Average student debt rises. Again.
Average student debt for recent college grads now stands at $26,600. Two-thirds of the 2011 class has student debt.
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Pizza Hut 'free pizza' stunt could spoil presidential debate
Pizza Hut is offering a lifetime supply of free pizza – or a $15,600 check– to anyone who asks, 'sausage or pepperoni' to President Obama or Mitt Romney during their live Town Hall-style debate next Tuesday. The Pizza Hut stunt threatens to irritate viewers who have serious concerns about issues like the economy and healthcare.
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Behind Empire State shooting: A layoff, a gun, and a targeted ex-boss (+video)
The deadly shooting near the landmark Empire State Building early Friday may be workplace-related, with a laid-off worker apparently targeting his former boss. Such violence is recurring, but it did not escalate after millions lost their jobs during the Great Recession.
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Amid unusually widespread drought, warnings on food prices
The drought has already raised the price of corn following lowered USDA crop projections that some experts say are still optimistic. Look for meats to lead the way as food prices rise.
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Model plane plot: Physics grad intent on attacking US 'snake' to plead guilty (+video)
The Massachusetts resident, who planned to use explosive-laden model planes to attack the US Capitol and Pentagon, told undercover FBI agents he hoped to 'severely disrupt … the head and heart of the snake.'
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Mass. man to plead in remote-controlled plane Pentagon bomb plot
Rezwan Ferdaus, a Muslim-American from Ashland with a physics degree from Boston's Northeastern University, was arrested in September after federal employees posing as al-Qaida members delivered weapons he had allegedly requested.
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Progress Watch
US violent crime rate down for fifth straight yearAlthough crime historically spikes during hard economic times, the US is currently bucking that trend. Both the national violent crime rate and murder rate were down in 2011, reports the FBI.
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As gang warfare escalates in Chicago, can Facebook be a help?
At least 6 of the 10 homicides in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend are linked to gangs, police say. City officials on Tuesday laid out a strategy that includes tracking known gang members on Facebook and Twitter.
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The unusual confessor who broke the Etan Patz cold case
Killing Etan Patz in 1979 may have been the only time alleged killer Pedro Hernandez hurt someone. While he avoided detection for 33 years, the secret took enough of a toll that Hernandez broke down in tears as he confessed, appearing remorseful and ‘relieved.’
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Student debt: How big a risk does it pose to the economy?
Student debt represents a financial challenge for America, some economists say, but in a way that's different from the big buildup in mortgage debt that led to a deep recession.
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Oakland shooter's connections to religious university under scrutiny
A shooter killed seven people on the campus of an Oakland, Calif., university Monday. The founder of Oikos University has said he was a former nursing student.
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Foiled suicide bombing of US Capitol: plot is both familiar and strange
Since 9/11, a series of would-be attackers – many of them 'lone wolves' – have been thwarted by undercover agents posing as collaborators. But an attempted suicide bombing is unusual.
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Robert Reich
The downward mobility of the American middle class.January’s increase in hiring is good news, but most of the new jobs being created are in the lower-wage sectors of the economy. The middle class, meanwhile, is becoming poorer and poorer.
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Robert Reich
Obama is no 'food stamp president'Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree that President Obama is turning America into “European-style welfare culture,” pointing to a rise in the number of citizens relying on federal aid. Here's why they have it backwards.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: How would American life be different without him?
Institutional racism in the United States has declined greatly thanks to the work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet 'we have not reached the promised land MLK talked about,' says one scholar, nor has the economic equality King sought for all races been achieved.
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To save buildings from quakes, architects try self-destruction by design
Architects hope to protect buildings by letting them rumble instead of crumble. A new design feature would sacrifice itself during an earthquake without harming anything else.
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Progress Watch
US crime rate at lowest point in decades. Why America is safer now.The crime rate for serious crimes, including murder, rape, and assault, has dropped significantly since the early 1990s in part because of changes in technology and policing, experts say.
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Obama plan to boost teen employment could be an uphill battle
The national unemployment rate has fallen to 8.6 percent, but the level of teen joblessness has remained high. So, on Thursday, President Obama encouraged the private sector to step up their hiring of young people.
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'Barefoot Bandit' says broken home sparked international crime spree
It's a sensational story with a Hollywood deal, but the adventures of Colton Harris-Moore, aka 'The Barefoot Bandit,' is really a tragedy, his attorneys tell a judge at a hearing Friday.
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Dynasties undone? Clippers, Angels are now the 'it' teams in L.A.
The Angels signed superstar Albert Pujols last week for a record-breaking $250 million. And now the Clippers have just signed dynamic point guard Chris Paul. Repeat: The Los Angeles Clippers.
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Tim Tebow: Hero? Role model? Overbearing evangelist? All of the above.
Tim Tebow is many things to many people, in part because he has sparked a national conversation about religion's place in American life. Call it the Tim Tebow culture wars.
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With players' lawsuits filed, hope barely flickers for an NBA season
'Months and months of legal wrangling' ahead dim prospects for any sort of 2011-12 NBA season, says one sports management expert. Two groups of players filed federal antitrust lawsuits Wednesday.
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Occupy Wall Street: Unions join protests. Will message change?
Union support offers Occupy Wall Street protesters organization and supplies. But will union involvement change the Occupy Wall Street movement's message?
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Robert Reich
Morally indefensible budget cutsWe’re in the worst economy since the Great Depression – with lower-income families and kids are bearing the worst of it – and what are Republicans doing? Cutting programs Americans desperately need to get through it.
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