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CNN
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Tim Masters is expected to walk out of prison Tuesday after spending more than nine years incarcerated for murder -- and despite the promise of a new trial, a local district attorney says Masters may no longer be a suspect. After a special prosecutor anno..
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New York Sun
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Following in the footsteps of Connecticut's Legislature, New York State lawmakers are expected to approve legislation allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
The Democrat-led Assembly could pass a medical marijuana bill as early as this wee..
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CNN
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A front crossing the eastern half of the nation Friday was expected to bring rain from Massachusetts to Kansas. Severe storms with large hail and damaging winds were forecast for the Southwest and the Plains.
In addition to wind and hail, tornadoes and..
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BBC News
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Thousands of people are expected to gather in the US city of Memphis to mark 40 years since the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
Crowds will converge on the Lorraine Motel, where he was shot dead aged 39.
Presidential hopefuls John M..
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SF Gate
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It's not exactly the Midwest, but the Bay Area is in the path of a southbound storm that will bring some cold air, some much-needed rain and perhaps the odd snowflake.
The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued an 11-hour freeze warning that ends..
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CNN
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Tropical Storm Lorenzo has become a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center reported Thursday evening. The storm, speeding along at 75 mph (125 km) at 8 p.m. ET, was expected to come ashore in Mexico early Friday.
Additional strengthening is possible..
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CNN
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For weeks, Mychal Bell expected to find out his punishment Thursday for his alleged role in a school beating that has thrust racial tensions in a tiny Southern town into the national spotlight -- and onto the political stage. Instead, he and five other bl..
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USA Today
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Rescue workers were activated in southern Texas in preparation for heavy rain expected to accompany a tropical depression slowly churning its way through the Gulf of Mexico.
The fifth depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed late Tuesday and..
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USA Today
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Tropical Storm Erick formed in the open Pacific early Wednesday, but is miles from land and not expected to become a threat, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm was centered about 1215 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja,..
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CNN
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Firefighters tried to contain about a dozen lightning-caused fires in Washington state on Saturday, hours before another thunderstorm was expected to give them more work. Close to 2,700 lightning strikes were reported in Washington and Oregon on Friday an..
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CNN
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Two people are expected to be charged Wednesday in connection with the bizarre 2003 case in which a pizza deliveryman died after a collar bomb attached to him exploded, CNN has learned. Brian Wells died August 28, 2003, in Erie, Pennsylvania, after he cla..
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USA Today
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A low-pressure system lingering over the South early Tuesday is expected to bring more heavy rain and thunderstorms from eastern Texas to the Georgia coast and into Florida.
While the storms caused flooding in parts of the South and the Plains, rain is..
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FOX News
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Officials expected the Brazos River in North Texas to rise above flood level on Sunday, a cause of concern for residents who evacuated once already last week.
The Brazos was expected to swell to around 26 feet — a foot above flood stage — after off..
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FOX News
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Storm-weary residents back home after heeding evacuation orders this week kept watch Saturday night on the Brazos River, which officials expected to swell again Sunday after opening a fourth flood gate at a nearby lake.
And punctuating one of the wette..
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CNN
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Widespread showers and thunderstorms were expected to continue Wednesday throughout the East Coast as well as the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.
Skies in the Northeast were to clear late in the day as the cold front bringing the rain mov..
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CNN
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Low-pressure systems were expected to cause thunderstorms in the Southern Plains and Southeast on Friday. The West was expected to remain generally clear.
Storms were forecast throughout Texas and Oklahoma and into the Mississippi Delta. Coastal floodi..
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CNN
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Church workers prepared for thousands of mourners expected Tuesday at the funeral of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the folksy evangelist who built a conservative Christian empire that influenced national politics.
Falwell's final service returns him to his r..
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CNN
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Very cold air was expected to continue to filter into the eastern half of the country on Thursday.
Freezing temperatures were expected in the Mississippi Valley and snow was likely in parts of New England.
Showers and some thunderstorms were forecas..
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CNN
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A Pacific storm system that pounded the West Coast earlier this week will progress eastward on Wednesday, bringing snow to parts of the Rockies and rain to other areas in the country's midsection.
Colorado and Wyoming, in particular, could get heavy sn..
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CNN
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A major storm was expected to hit the East Coast on Friday, with heavy rain forecast for areas of the Mid-Atlantic region that could lead to flooding.
The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy snow from northeastern New Jersey through southern..
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