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Family of victim in gun range death defends outing

The man killed alongside a former Navy SEAL sniper at a Texas shooting range was helping his friend work with a troubled war veteran, and the outing was intended to be a "therapeutic situation," his relatives said Friday following his funeral. 9 minutes ago

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Man arrested in alleged bomb plot at Calif. bank

The FBI arrested a San Jose man as he went through the motions of detonating what he believed to be a car bomb in front of a Northern California bank, federal authorities said Friday.
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AP PHOTOS: Northeast besieged by monster snowstorm

A mammoth storm battered the Northeast on Friday with stinging wind and snow - possibly up to 3 feet in some spots.
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US orders shutdown of bus company in Calif. crash

Federal regulators Friday ordered a tour bus operator involved in a Southern California crash that killed eight people to immediately stop operating because its buses weren't properly maintained or inspected and its drivers weren't properly vetted for qualifications.

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Snowstorm hits NYC, Boston; 1 to 3 feet feared

A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books began clobbering the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow.
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A state-by-state look at the Northeast blizzard

A look at effects in states and provinces in the path of the storm sweeping across the Northeast and southern Canada:
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US Fish and Wildlife boat sinks in Kodiak harbor

Salvors on Friday attempted to raise a 63-foot U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel that sank overnight while docked at a Kodiak harbor.

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NATIONAL

Arrest made in slaying of girl, 13, in California

Police said Friday they have arrested a barber in the death of a 13-year-old girl whose naked body was found last week in a Northern California park.

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Authorities finish search at home of ex-cop's mom

Authorities hunting for an ex-Los Angeles police officer suspected of three killings have wrapped up a four-hour search of his mother's Orange County home.
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Court file: LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed

A photo never tells the whole story, and that's especially true for Christopher Dorner. The images on his Facebook page are essentially the same: Dorner, smiling, seemingly loving life and all it offers.

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BUSINESS

US airlines to halt Northeast flights

Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other cities in the Northeast Friday as a massive storm threatened to dump snow by the foot on the region.