DEKALB, Ill. - Steven Kazmierczak's quiet, dependable and fun-loving exterior masked troubling details from his past that emerged as a stunned community struggled to understand what caused the 27-year-old to open fire on a class at Northern Illinois University, leaving six people dead.
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BEIJING - North Korea wants promised energy aid and removal from U.S. terrorism and sanctions blacklists before it will provide a complete declaration of its nuclear programs, American researchers said Saturday after a trip to the North.
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WASHINGTON - Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes.
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CHICAGO - Self-made business tycoon Steve Fossett, whose thirst for adrenaline drove him to fly around the world solo in a balloon, climb mountains and aim for speed records, has been declared dead, 5 months after his small plane vanished. He was 63.
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LOS ANGELES - An attorney who claims to represent Britney Spears has filed papers to move her conservatorship case from the Los Angeles County Superior Court to federal court, but legal experts question whether his legal strategy is viable and whether he can represent the troubled pop star at all.
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COTONOU (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush began a visit to Africa on Saturday with a call for a power sharing agreement in Kenya to end the post-election conflict there that has killed 1,000 people.
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Illinois college shooter stopped medication: police Reuters - Fri Feb 15, 1:33 PM ET
DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) - A man who killed five students and himself during a shooting spree at an Illinois college had stopped taking medication and become erratic in the last two weeks, buying two guns used in the bloodbath just six days ago, officials said on Friday.
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At least 21 dead in Pakistan blast after vote rally Reuters - 21 minutes ago
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Clinton sharpens attack in presidential race Reuters - Fri Feb 15, 5:43 PM ET
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton sharpened her attack on Friday against rival Barack Obama before new contests for the Democratic presidential nomination, casting herself as a champion of the U.S. middle class and saying voters faced a choice between "speeches and solutions."
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U.S. to blast satellite after space shuttle leaves Reuters - Fri Feb 15, 4:54 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a U.S. general said on Friday.
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Iran plays down Paris meeting it attended with USA Reuters - 5 minutes ago
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Court declares Steve Fossett dead: reports Reuters - Fri Feb 15, 8:24 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett was declared legally dead on Friday by a Chicago court five months after the airplane he was flying disappeared over Nevada, media reported.
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More U.S. troops seen in Iraq by summer Reuters - Fri Feb 15, 7:09 PM ET
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In Africa, Bush pushes Kenya deal AFP - 13 minutes ago
DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) - President George W. Bush on Saturday launched a five-country Africa tour, highlighting US-backed victories against disease and poverty and pushing for an end to deadly violence in Kenya.
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Kosovo PM confirms independence to be declared on Sunday AFP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
PRISTINA, Serbia (AFP) - Prime Minister Hashim Thaci confirmed Saturday that Kosovo would declare its independence from Serbia on Sunday, the day when the "will of the citizens of Kosovo" would be implemented.
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Pakistan vote blast kills 21, wounds 93: hospital AFP - 16 minutes ago
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Obama sets sights on Wisconsin after union endorsement AFP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama, his momentum building up, sought on Saturday to maintain his winning streak in Wisconsin and Hawaii that hold primary contests next Tuesday.
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Mystery deaths halt Bengal tiger tracking plan AFP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
DHAKA (AFP) - Wildlife rangers in Bangladesh said Saturday they have stopped tracking Royal Bengal tigers due to the mystery death of two of the critically endangered big cats who were fitted with radio transmitters.
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EADS, Tata team up for 1 bln dollar Indian military deal AFP - 50 minutes ago
NEW DELHI (AFP) - European aerospace giant EADS and India's Tata Group announced Saturday they will jointly bid for a one-billion dollar deal to supply tactical communication systems to the Indian army.
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German business chiefs under fire in tax dodging scandal AFP - 34 minutes ago
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University shooter outstanding student, but erratic: officials AFP - Fri Feb 15, 6:18 PM ET
DEKALB, Illinois (AFP) - The gunman who shot dead five people at a university here was identified Friday as an "outstanding" graduate student with no history of trouble but signs of erratic behavior in the last two weeks.
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Genes that conquered cold blamed for fat Reuters - Thu Feb 14, 8:32 PM ET
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Global warming could invite sharks to Antarctica: biologists AFP - Fri Feb 15, 9:27 PM ET
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - Global warming could bring ferocious sharks to Antarctic waters, threatening a unique marine life shielded from predators by frigid conditions for millions of years, biologists warn.
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US military accused of harboring fundamentalism AFP - Thu Feb 14, 9:04 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Since his last combat deployment in Iraq, Jeremy Hall has had a rough time, getting shoved and threatened by his fellow soldiers. The trouble started there when he would not pray in the mess hall.
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Angry Okinawa wants smaller U.S. military presence Reuters - Thu Feb 14, 7:21 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Angry lawmakers on Japan's southern island of Okinawa called for progress on shrinking the U.S. military presence and tighter discipline among U.S. troops after the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of raping a schoolgirl.
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AP - Fri Feb 15, 5:32 PM ET NEW ORLEANS - A lawsuit filed Friday by a former St. Louis Rams player and others seeks millions of dollars in damages from the alleged taping of Rams practices by the New England Patriots before the 2002 Super Bowl.
NEW ORLEANS - A lawsuit filed Friday by a former St. Louis Rams player and others seeks millions of dollars in damages from the alleged taping of Rams practices by the New England Patriots before the 2002 Super Bowl.
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NEW YORK - Stocks finished mixed as lackluster economic reports offered Wall Street little incentive to place big bets ahead of a long weekend.
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