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Pistorius says he is ‘consumed by sorrow’

Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic athlete who faces a murder trial next month, says he is consumed by sorrow for fatally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his home a year ago on Valentine’s Day.

Judge rules Virginia same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, making it the first state in the South to have its voter-approved prohibition overturned.

Every moment with ‘Baby Zion’ was a gift, mom says

Zion Blick touched the hearts of millions before he died last month at 10 days old. He had been deemed unfit to live, but his parents decided to keep him with them for as long as possible. His mother recently explained the decision in an essay for Today.com.

 
Pregnant woman killed by plow, baby delivered

Police say a pregnant woman who was loading groceries into the trunk of her car was struck and killed by a private snow plow in New York City.

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Police charge son-in-law in deaths of Tennessee couple

The son-in-law of a Tennessee couple killed when a package exploded at their home has been charged with first-degree murder in their deaths.

Car falls 120 feet, deep snow saves passengers

Two people survived when their car struck a tanker truck and drove off Interstate 70 in Vail, Colo. and fell 120 feet, landing upright on 8 feet of snow.

Email for help leads to rescue of 3 child abuse victims

A girl beaten and tied to her bed, sometimes for weeks at a time, won freedom for herself and her siblings by emailing a teacher at her online school to plead for help, Ohio officials said Wednesday.

 
South hit again with ice, snow, traffic jams

Drivers got caught in monumental traffic jams and abandoned their cars Wednesday in North Carolina in a replay of what happened in Atlanta just two weeks ago, as another wintry storm across the South iced highways and knocked out electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses.

 
Sinkhole swallows 8 prized cars at Corvette Museum

It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and concrete fragments.

GOP leaders in precarious position in vote to raise debt ceiling

Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with an awkward assist from top Senate Republican leaders who were forced into a politically treacherous vote engineered by tea party favorite Ted Cruz.

 
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin convicted of taking bribes, free trips

Former News Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted Wednesday of accepting bribes in exchange for helping businessmen secure millions of dollars in city work, including after Hurricane Katrina.

1,000 graves on Mississippi campus could belong to asylum patients

The discovery of what could be as many as 1,000 graves on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center has officials rethinking the location parking facilities and other facilities.

 
2 skiers die in Oregon avalanche; toll this season hits 12

Officials in eastern Oregon say an avalanche in the Wallowa Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, raising the number of people killed in avalanches this season to 12, with six happening since Sunday.

Let ex-felons vote, U.S. attorney general urges Nevada

Attorney General Eric Holder called on Nevada and 10 other states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of a push to fix what he sees as flaws in the criminal justice system that have a disparate impact on racial minorities.

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