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Details: Written by Tami Abdollah, Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2014

Marlene Pinnock sustained head injuries during a beating by a California State Patrolman that went viral on social media

Details: Written by Nedra Pickler, Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2014

The $10 million in emergency Pentagon spending will help France fight terrorism in five countries in Northwest Africa

Details: Written by David Dishneau, Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2014

Prosecutors say Ramzi Binalshibh should be tried with other suspects

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Details: Written by Jim Salter, Jim Suhr, Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2014

Video shows witness describing what she saw when officer shot teen

Details: Written by Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer; Published: 08 August 2014

The Centers for Disease Control has advised Americans against travel to West Africa

Details: Written by Julie Pace AP White House Correspondent; Published: 08 August 2014

President Obama has sent military personnel back to Iraq saying U.S. forces near Irbil need protection

Details: Written by Ed White, Associated Press; Published: 07 August 2014

Theodore Wafer, 55, shot Renisha McBride through a screen door on Nov. 2, hours after she crashed into a parked car a half-mile from his house.

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Details: Written by Matthew Daly, Associated Press; Published: 07 August 2014

More employees likely to be disciplined as the Veterans Administration investigates falsified waitlist times

Details: Written by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer; Published: 07 August 2014

The use of an experimental drug to treat two Americans diagnosed with Ebola is raising ethical questions about who gets first access to unproven new therapies for the deadly disease

Details: Written by Eric Tucker, Josh Boak, Associated Press; Published: 07 August 2014

Cash totals now being paid by some of America's largest banks are not nearly enough to reverse the damage caused by the bursting of the housing bubble and the ensuing recession.

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