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Marine faces charges for urinating on corpses in Afghanistan

Marine faces charges for urinating on corpses in Afghanistan

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

EPA: Mid-Atlantic air pollution down in 2011

EPA: Mid-Atlantic air pollution down in 2011

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Reports: Eagles hire Oregon’s Chip Kelly

Reports: Eagles hire Oregon’s Chip Kelly

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, left, hugs eight-year-old letter writer Grant Fritz during a news conference on proposals to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Obama and Biden were joined by law enforcement officials, lawmakers and children who wrote the president about gun violence following the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Fox hires Dennis Kucinich as analyst

Fox hires Dennis Kucinich as analyst

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Man dies after being handcuffed at Frederick movie theater

Man dies after being handcuffed at Frederick movie theater

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Minnesota lawmakers start to assess reach of sales tax

Minnesota lawmakers start to assess reach of sales tax

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2009 file photo shows the electric chair at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Robert Gleason Jr. is scheduled to die at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. Condemned Virginia inmates can choose between lethal injection and electrocution, and Gleason is the first inmate to choose electrocution since 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections)

Virginia inmate who fought for death penalty to get wish

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

In this undated image released Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013, by BP petroleum company, showing the Amenas natural gas field in the eastern central region of Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. Islamist militants from Mali attacked the Amenas natural gas field partly operated by BP in Algeria early on Wednesday, killing a security guard and kidnapping at least eight people, including English, Norwegian and Japanese nationals, an Algerian security official and local media reported. Algerian forces, later caught up with and surrounded the kidnappers and negotiations for the release of the hostages are ongoing, officials said.(AP Photo/BP)

Militants seize foreign hostages in Algeria

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Episcopal priest chosen for inaugural benediction

Episcopal priest chosen for inaugural benediction

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia Senate panel backs car door opening bill

Virginia Senate panel backs car door opening bill

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Senate panel sets hearings with Hillary Clinton, John Kerry

Senate panel sets hearings with Hillary Clinton, John Kerry

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am