LA police release sketch of possible serial killer

Los Angeles police have released a composite sketch of a man believed to have killed at least 11 people since 1985.

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Transgender murderer renews electrolysis request

A convicted murderer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation has asked a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide electrolysis treatments.

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Nevada man to jail for killing neighbor's puppy

A Nevada man has been sentenced to up to 2 1/2 years in jail for killing his neighbor's puppy.

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Bangladesh awards farmer who killed 83,000 rats

Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a monthlong campaign nationwide to kill millions more, to protect crops and reduce the need for food imports. Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a color television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South Asian country's capital, Dhaka. He collected their tails for proof.

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Discarded factory chemicals kill 3 in east China

Three people have died and an additional 17 required medical treatment after they were exposed to bags of a toxic chemical illegally dumped by a factory in eastern China, the local government said Wednesday.

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Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans

Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday. The researchers say they have determined that the eagle — which lived in the mountains of New Zealand and weighed about 40 pounds (18 kilograms) — was a predator and not a mere scavenger as many thought.

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Pa. high court orders new hearing for mass killer

The state Supreme Court has ordered another competency hearing for a man who killed 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Tips for reducing the chance a dog will bite

Experts say early, positive and thorough obedience training, starting with puppy kindergarten, is one way that dog owners can make their dog less likely to bite. Other tips:

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Ga. dog pack shows fine line between pet, predator

A dog pack blamed for the killings of a Georgia couple is a reminder of the fragility of mankind's pact with canines. Underlying the relationship between the species is a simple expectation: We feed them, they don't kill us.

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Report: NASA can't keep up with killer asteroids

NASA is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth but doesn't have the money to complete the job, a federal report says.

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Mass. transgender inmate denied electrolysis

A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday denied additional hair-removal treatments for a murderer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation, saying the inmate has failed to prove she will suffer "serious harm" without further electrolysis.

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Barneys NY removes killer window display

The luxury retailer Barneys New York has removed a window display that made it appear blood-spattered mannequins were fending off attackers. Creative director Simon Doonan says it was installed in a vestibule window at the Manhattan store while he was away on business. He had it removed Tuesday after an inquiry from the Daily News.

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Fast-growing kelp invades San Francisco Bay

A fast-growing kelp from the Far East has spread along the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay, worrying marine scientists and outpacing eradication efforts.

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Canada court denies convicted serial killer appeal

A court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a farmer convicted of butchering women and feeding them to his pigs in what police say was Canada's worst serial murder case.

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Critics blast Milwaukee cops over serial killings

Within a 3-square-mile area of Milwaukee's north side an unknown man strangled six women police say were prostitutes between 1986 and 2007. But it wasn't until this past week that the city's top cop said recent DNA tests had linked the killings.

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Ventre: Lakers’ lack of killer instinct may be an issue

In many areas of society, the killer instinct is not universally admired. For instance, the salesman might possess it, which is a plus for the company but often a negative for the poor soul who gets stuck with a lousy deal. A politician may have it and use it to win elections, but he might also be a crook. And real killers, of course, have it in spades, much to the chagrin of the rest of the populace.

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Was Craigslist suspect also targeting men?

The accused Craigslist killer, NBC News has learned, may have been soliciting men as well as women for sexual encounters through the online classified service.

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Craigslist suspect was ‘great guy,’ says friend

He was a great guy, highly intelligent and personable, fun to be around, a top student — hardly the kind of person anyone who knew him would expect to be a predator and murderer. That is how accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff was described Tuesday by one of his best friends in college and by his fiancee.

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Fiancee loves Craigslist suspect, but wedding off?

The fiancee of a medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist said Monday she still loves him, but the band hired to perform at their scheduled August wedding said it's been told it won't be needed.

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RI cops: Case similar to Boston Craigslist slaying

An attempted robbery of a woman at a suburban Providence hotel may be linked to the slaying at an upscale Boston hotel of a woman who advertised massage services on Craigslist, police said Friday.

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BU med student arrested in Craigslist slaying

A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist.

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Wis. judge: Release priest killer from hospital

A Wisconsin judge has approved the release of a man who was found insane when he killed a Catholic priest and two others in a church nearly 30 years ago.

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German DNA mix-up ends search for suspected killer

German investigators' search for a mysterious suspected killer has ended with an embarrassing discovery: identical DNA traces common to dozens of crime scenes stemmed from contaminated cotton swabs.

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Detectives hit wall in hunt for LA serial killer

They have a sample of his DNA, a description from a survivor and a $500,000 reward, but detectives investigating the city's most notorious serial killer have hit a wall.

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Convicted killer backs judge for Wis. high court

Unsolicited praise from a convicted cop killer isn't the kind of endorsement that a judge with a tough law enforcement stance wants.

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Naveed Haq wasn't insane - just angry - when he stormed a Seattle Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others as he railed against Israel and demanded to go on CNN, a prosecutor said Wednesday

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Nicola Sutton, 22, was living in fear of Barry Stone when he was released after serving only six months of an 18-month sentence for attacking her.

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A mentally ill killer has been removed from Manitoba's only long-term secure psychiatric facility because of concerns his violent actions can no longer be controlled, the Winnipeg Free Press has learned.

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An insane killer who slipped away from the staff of a mental institution at the Spokane County International Fair has been recaptured without injury in the city of Goldendale in south-central Washington"

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A white supremacist who killed a postal worker and wounded five people at a Los Angeles area Jewish community center in a 1999 shooting spree says he has renounced his racist views.

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A man shot his estranged wife and son to death inside a home late Sunday, then killed himself in his car when deputies tried to pull him over, authorities said.

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Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed open late accepting letters from the public urging Judge Sharon Keller to resign. On Sept 25, Keller closed the court ...

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Manson Evil Celebrity in Prison and Stupid Girls/Guys

Manson feels no remorse for his part in the murders in California in the 1960's for which he was convicted and sentenced to prison. In prison he is still doing his thing there. Other prisoners are there and helping him.

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This is the full text of the Pittsburgh gym gunman's blog.

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Like many other news orgs, the AP today is reprinting excerpts from the online diary kept by George Sodini, who killed 4 women and then himself at a Pittsburgh area fitness center last night.  The diary focuses on his problems with women and other worries, but also has some comm …

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Supporters of Israel's gay community are rallying in Tel Aviv, as police hunt for the gunman who killed two people at a center for gay youth.

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U.S. officials tell FOX News that Saad bin Laden, who is not considered a significant player in Al Qaeda leadership, was "collateral" damage in an airstrike in Pakistan and was not considered important enough to target on his own.

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As far as lawyers go, Paul Bergrin was a rock star. The former prosecutor turned high-powered defense attorney represented the likes of soldiers accused of crimes at Abu Ghraib, the rap stars Lil' Kim and Queen Latifah, and even members of Newark's notorious street gangs.

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A school caretaker has been jailed for life for killing his lover after lacing her omelette with sleeping pills.

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One of the Ireland's most feared criminals has received his second life sentence for murder.

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Nearly 75 million Americans have a potentially life-threatening disease—and 28 percent don't even know it. According to a new study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), more adults than ever in the U.S. have high blood pressure.

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A cannibal who ate a man alive after meeting him on the Internet is to tell tonight (fri) how he got the taste for humans watching children's favourite TV dolphin Flipper.

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Don Broderick, the Fox News Channel news writer accused of hitting a cyclist in Central Park earlier this month, dragging him four blocks, and fleeing the scene, has been arrested, according to an NYPD spokeswoman.

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As Wichita lawyer Dan Monnat prepared to hear a jury's verdict in late March**, he received notice of the latest threat against his client, abortion provider George Tiller.

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A man dropped dead after his neighbour attacked him with teargas in a row over cleaning up dog poop. Neighbours Frank Ulrich and Thomas Langer - both 69 - clashed over whose turn it was to clean up the lawn in front of their apartment block in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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Holocaust Museum security guard Stephen Johns held the door open for his alleged killer.

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SUMMARY: Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that it is "a lie" that he "called George Tiller 'Dr. Killer' while covering his murder last week." In fact, on the June 2 edition of his Fox News program, O'Reilly did refer to Tiller as "Dr. Killer."

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The man who decapitated a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus heading to Winnipeg last July will remain in a locked psychiatric ward for at least the next year.

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SUMMARY: Bill O'Reilly claimed of his previous references to George Tiller as "the baby killer": "I reported what groups were calling him. I reported accurately." In fact, O'Reilly himself has repeatedly referred to Tiller as "the baby killer."

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A young Irish woman may have been lured to her death in Spain as part of a planned execution.

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