Bodies pile up at Cook County morgue; activists outraged

CHICAGO – Outraged pastors and community activists on Friday descended upon the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office and called for an independent investigation after reports that bodies have been piling up for weeks. At least one activist openly called for the facility's …

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Feds: 'Mob Wives' dad charged in NYC racketeering case

NEW YORK CITY -- DEA and FBI agents arrested four alleged members of the Bonanno organized crime family early Friday on charges that include racketeering, gambling and drug sales, NBC New York has learned.  The father of a "Mob Wives" reality show star was also charged  …

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50-year-old woman chases, corners, lectures robber

Thou shall not steal.

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Second Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death

NEW HAVEN, Conn.

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Reward offered for released Mississippi murderer

Mississippi's attorney general is asking for the public’s help in tracking down a convicted killer who vanished weeks ago after being pardoned by former Governor Haley Barbour. “I hate the fact that our former governor has unleashed this guy on the U.S.,” Attor …

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Report: Suspect in Conn. jeweler murder kills self

A man suspected of killing a jeweler in the tony town of Westport, Conn., last month and stealing $300,000-worth of diamonds has killed himself in a Spanish prison, according to The Hartford Courant. Andrew Robert Levene, 41, of West Haven had been arrested in Spain an …

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'Wasn't the best thing I had ever done': Ex-traffic cop in porn flick fights for job

A former Los Angeles traffic officer said he was “totally unaware” when he was asked to appear in a porn movie while on duty and in uniform last year and now wants his job back. “I was caught totally unaware, by surprise,” John Dancler said duri …

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In race to be most generous, Romney leads

When it comes to donating to charity and church, Mitt Romney is the man to beat.   The release this week of the GOP candidate's tax records cast a spotlight on his considerable wealth, but it also revealed the extent of his generosity. The …

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'One day I will be back': Deported coach dreams of US return

Miguel Aparicio, a former Phoenix high school coach whose deportation to Mexico sparked a national outcry, says he has been struggling with his life since leaving Arizona. “I feel so depressed,” Aparicio recently told The Arizona Republic in Phoenix.

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UK manhunt after prison escape in ambush

British authorities have launched an international manhunt for a murder suspect who escaped from a prison van in a “well-orchestrated armed ambush,” including masked men, sledgehammers and a silver Mercedes. West Mercia police said John Anslow, 31, escaped about 8:30 …

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US considers shuttering Embassy in Syria

The Obama administration is considering closing its U.S. Embassy in Damascus, but has not reached a final decision, NBC News has learned. "We are considering it given the deteriorating security situation in Syria and our increasing concern for our personnel on the ground.

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Former Utah kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart gets engaged

  Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman who was kidnapped at age 14 and held captive for nine months, is engaged, a spokesman said Friday. The 24-year-old Smart accepted the proposal last weekend and plans to marry this year. No details about the groom-to …

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Deadly attacks rock Nigeria's northern city of Kano

LAGOS, Nigeria – A series of bomb blasts struck the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday, killing at least seven people, witnesses reported. Local immigration service spokesman Mohammed Kanoma told The Associated Press at least three officials and an unknown numbe …

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Indonesia man attacked by mob, faces jail for writing 'God doesn't exist' on Facebook

PADANG, Indonesia -- A 30-year-old Indonesian civil servant who was viciously attacked by a mob after posting on Facebook that "God doesn't exist" is now threatened with jail time for blasphemy. “He has triggered unrest among local residents," Dharmasraya Police Chief …

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Man admits dumping fireplace ash sparking Reno-area blaze

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Army investigates video of sheep beating in Afghanistan

Army officials are investigating a graphic video of a sheep being beaten with a baseball bat by what appears to be U.S.

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Calif. man arrested after driving SUV into subway tunnel

SAN FRANCISCO – Police arrested the driver of an SUV after he headed straight down a tunnel into the San Francisco subway system, causing massive delays during Thursday morning’s commute. Muni Metro spokesman Paul Rose told NBCBayArea.

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Panetta: Could be 19,000 military sex assaults each year

WASHINGTON -- U.S.

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Serial sperm donor reveals he's a virgin

A 36-year-old California computer specialist says he has fathered 14 children -- and is still a virgin. Trent Arsenault confirmed to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on his syndicated television show that he has never had sex.

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Jogger: Dogs 'gnawing at my body like I was hamburger'

CHICAGO -- Joseph Finley says avoiding death was the only thing going through his mind when two pit bulls viciously attacked him during his early-morning jog along Lake Michigan, an assault that ended up with the loss of his left foot. "I couldn't believe these dogs were at …

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Police: Illinois killer of 4 left note before suicide

CHICAGO -- A 42-year-old man gunned down his girlfriend, her two sons and a niece as they slept in their beds early Tuesday before setting their home ablaze and driving to his father's home, where he killed himself, officials said. The body of Cedric Anderson was  …

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Strip club apologizes for using Martin Luther King Jr.'s image in flier

MIAMI -- When Martin Luther King Jr.

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Fatal distraction: Deaths of headphone-wearing pedestrians on the rise

Anna Marie Stickel never heard the train coming.

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Wrongly convicted man adjusts to life after decades behind bars

CHICAGO -- After having to jog in place inside his Illinois prison cell for the last 20 years, Juan Rivera is now free to run. But finding time to do so is easier said than done. The 39-year-old man was released from prison last week after a Chicago appeals court o …

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Montana school district: Missing teacher is dead

Updated at 6:17 p.m.

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