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Tusks fund terror
Mark Quarterman says the slaughter of elephants for their tusks is at its worst in decades. As demand for ivory soars in Asia, Africa's vicious militant groups are killing elephants to pay for their arms and ammunition.
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Hoffa still missing
A second day of digging in a Detroit field yielded no sign of the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Undeterred, authorities will resume their hunt Wednesday morning.
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BuzzFeed reporter killed in crash
Journalist Michael Hastings, known for his 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to the officer's abrupt retirement, died in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Arrests in suspected slavery case
A mentally disabled woman and child were "locked in rooms, forced to work all the time, threatened, beaten and injured, exploited, used as pawns to get drugs," a prosecutor says.
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Cops should back reform
George Gascon, a former police chief, says immigrants are less likely to report if they are victims of crimes if they fear police. It's in law enforcement's interest to bring them out of shadows
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Police dog dies in hot patrol car
A police dog died of heat stroke after being left in a patrol car in Woodstock, Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.
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The long, strange search for Hoffa
Like a magician in a blue shirt and white socks, James Riddle Hoffa stood outside the Machus Red Fox in Michigan on July 30, 1975, made a phone call and vanished.
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Was TWA Flight 800 crash accidental?
Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was accidental.
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Action needed to end trafficking
Yury Fedotov says progress has been made but not fast enough to help millions of trafficking victims
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Women in all combat units by 2016
The Pentagon unveiled plans Tuesday for fully integrating women into front-line and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs.
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Blaze roars near Yosemite
A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners -- but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it.
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Bring voting into the digital age
Wendy Weiser says the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona voting restrictions was a win for voters, but why stop there? It's time to modernize the U.S. election system
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Police: Day-care operator drugged pancakes to make children sleep
Getting children to take a nap can be hard. Getting them to eat pancakes is not nearly as difficult.
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Paris, Prince Jackson's testimony shown in Jackson death trial
Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter.
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Man accused of naked subway attacks pleads not guilty
The 24-year-old man accused of attacking commuters while naked at a San Francisco subway station proclaimed he is not guilty Tuesday.
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Man hunted by FBI for alleged sex trafficking arrested in Mexico
Police in Mexico arrested Walter Lee Williams, a man on the FBI's list of most wanted criminals, late Tuesday, Mexican state news agency Notimex reported.
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Doctors: Let us treat hunger-striking detainees at Guantanamo
In an open letter to President Barack Obama published Tuesday, dozens of doctors asked to be allowed to treat hunger-striking prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Heat force decisive game 7 against Spurs
With their backs against the wall, the Miami Heat thrived once again Tuesday night, defeating the San Antonio Spurs and staving off elimination.
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Whistle-blower says he was targeted by IRS
P. Jeffrey Black bumped up against his bosses in the Federal Air Marshal Service, eventually becoming a whistle-blower and testifying to a closed-door congressional hearing before his retirement in 2010.
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Police: Son stabs father, then saws off his own hands
Sheriff's deputies in northern California say a 27-year-old stabbed his father with scissors, then cut off his hands with a radial arm type saw. Both are being treated at area hospitals.
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