U.S. traffic fatalities reach lowest level since 1954
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Traffic fatalities for last year fell by nearly 9 percent, reaching their lowest level since 1954, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Thursday. (Today)
GOP nominates newcomer to succeed Murtha
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Republicans last night selected a political newcomer who has never sought elected office as their nominee in the special election to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha. (Today)
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This undated image obtained on Monday shows a photo from a website authorities say was maintained by terror suspect Colleen R. LaRose.
Life was 'like a country song' for 'JihadJane'
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PHILADELPHIA -- She married young and badly. She bounced checks at Pizza Hut and the grocery. She hit the bottle to excess sometimes, talked to her cats and once attempted suicide. (Today)
Colleen R. LaRose
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Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, left, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa look at the roof as they react during a aftershock as Chile's President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday.
Chile rattled by quake activity
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's new president. It shook some more as they waited for him. (Today)
Reacting to aftershocks
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Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School.
Lesbian teen sues over prom flap
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JACKSON, Miss. -- Constance McMillen didn't believe that her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. (Today)
Constance McMillen
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