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Conservative Author Buckley dead at 82
National Review founder and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. was found dead Wednesday in the study of his Stamford, Connecticut, home, officials at the magazine said.
Turkey sends more troops into Iraq
Turkey's armed forces stepped up their offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday amid rising diplomatic tensions between Baghdad and Ankara.
Site of NIU shooting will be demolished
The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University two weeks ago will be demolished, state officials said Wednesday.
Raw Politics
McCain, Obama in heated exchange over Iraq
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama engaged in a pointed exchange over al Qaeda in Iraq on Wednesday.
McCain apology angers conservative radio host
"John McCain threw me under a bus - under the 'Straight Talk Express,' " Bill Cunningham told CNN on Tuesday, referring to McCain's campaign bus.
Crime & Punishment
Ex-Cop gets 57 to life sentence for killing lover
Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. A judge then sentenced Bobby Cutts, Jr. Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison.
Man busted for posting nude pics on cars
Virgina Beach Police arrested a man in a grocery store parking lot after they say he put nude pictures of himself near people's cars.
Keeping them Honest
House panel requests federal probe of Clemens' testimony
Leading members of the House of Representatives asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to probe whether baseball great Roger Clemens "committed perjury and made knowingly false statements" during a congressional hearing.
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Waitress gets horse as a tip from customer
"All this started about a week and a half ago when I was waiting tables," A.D. Carrol said. "There were two men drinking coffee and I had to ask them to move to make way for a larger group. One of the men just asked me if I wanted a horse. I said, 'sure.' Two days later he came back with the trainer's phone number and Mailman was mine."
Ann Frank called Peter Schiff her “one true love.” Now his photograph is to be displayed in the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, which is dedicated to her memory.
Kindergarten student suspended for Mohawk
"I understand they have a dress code. I understand he has a uniform. But this is total discrimination," said the boy's mother. "They can't tell me how I can cut his hair."
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