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In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)
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NEW YORK (AP) — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger.
That's the moment authorities say a Nassau County police officer experienced...
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Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
May 17, 2013 | 26 | 18 |
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SILVER CREEK — A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
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Obama’s policies are working
President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
UPDATE: Deal orders return of Bibles to rooms at parks
May 15, 2013 | 19 | 9 |
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Gov. Nathan Deal today instructed the state Department of Natural Resources to return Bibles to cabins and lodge rooms at state parks.
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The debate over the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75 has become a “national flashpoint issue,” according to state Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville.
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