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Israel to discuss convicted South Bend native spy case with Obama
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister says he will discuss the fate of an Israeli spy imprisoned in the U.S. during President Barack Obama's upcoming visit. Jonathan Pollard was a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy when he gave...
Tags: Government, Benjamin Netanyahu, Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Navy
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Expectant parents die in NY crash; baby survives
NEW YORK (AP) — A young Jewish Orthodox couple en route to a hospital to have their first child were killed in a car crash early Sunday, but their child survived. Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were using a car service to go to the hospital...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Christianity, Christian Orthodoxy, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Judaism
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Israel to withhold tax transfers to Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies....
Tags: Government, Land Price, Palestinian National Authority, Impeachment, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A pair of Mexican drug smugglers in camouflage pants, bundles of marijuana strapped to their backs, scaled a 25 foot-high fence in the middle of the night, slipped quietly into the United States and dashed into the darkness....
Tags: Government, Organized Crime, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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In 2 murder cases, mothers turn in their own sons
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Mindy Sigg sat sobbing, listening to prosecutors tell a court that her 17-year-old son had confessed to the abduction and killing of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. While any mother would be devastated, there was an even more...Tags: DNA, Punishment, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Romney, Obama challenge each other in third and final debate
Associated PressBOCA RATON, Fla. -- President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, "Every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Iraq, 2012 Republican National Convention, Joe Biden, Armed Conflicts
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Obama, Romney both see reasons to worry in Florida
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have this in common when it comes to Florida: They're both worried about the biggest election battleground prize. The president has an edge here, but Democrats fear the advantage...
Tags: Medicare, Paul Ryan, NBC (tv network), Republican Party, Mitt Romney
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A warm glow: Restored light fixture returns to former synagogue
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- With a flick of a light switch, a part of South Bend history was illuminated Monday. A crowd gathered at the South Bend Silver Hawks team store -- the former Sons of Israel Synagogue -- to observe a ceremonial relighting of the chandelier...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief
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Candidate banks on the power of one
Indiana law requires minor-party candidates to jump through some hoops if they want their names to be on an election ballot. Andrew Straw, a Green Party candidate running for the state's 2nd District congressional seat, sees the rules as unfair. So, he's...
Tags: Christianity, Manhattan (New York City), Mitch Daniels, NPR, The O'Reilly Factor (tv program)
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Expert: Michigan stabbing spree suspect was deluded
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of a deadly series of stabbings in Michigan was mentally ill and couldn't resist the spell of "evil forces" that compelled him to attack people, a psychiatrist testified Thursday as attorneys tried to overcome...Tags: Psychiatry, Punishment, Witnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Murder
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Homeless NY science whiz invited to State of Union
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A homeless New York teen who's a semifinalist in a prestigious national science contest has been invited to watch President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Brentwood High School senior Samantha Garvey has been...Tags: Brentwood (Islip, New York), Science, Suffolk County (New York), Long Island, Intel Corp.
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NJ high school principal embraces power of Twitter
SAN DIMAS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say three women riding on a personal watercraft were killed when they crashed into a motorboat at a Southern California reservoir. Los Angeles County fire Inspector Matt Levesque (luh-VECK') said the Saturday...Tags: Twitter, Inc., File Sharing, Social Media, Arts and Culture, United Nations
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