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Jupiter-bound craft runs into problems after earth flyby

NASA’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft hit a snag Wednesday soon after it used Earth as a gravity slingshot to hurtle toward the outer solar system, but mission managers said it’s on course to arrive at the giant planet in 2016.

 
Former police officer killed after firing at U.S. courthouse in West Virginia

A man armed with what federal marshals described as an assault-type rifle fired up to two dozen rounds at a West Virginia federal courthouse Wednesday until police returned fire and killed him, state police said.

 
Pentagon says foundation to pay death benefits

The Obama administration, scrambling to tamp down a controversy over suspended death benefits for the families of fallen troops, announced Wednesday that a charity would pick up the costs of the payments during the government shutdown.

 
Man takes mower to National Mall during shutdown

One man has taken it upon himself to mow and clean up the grounds around the Lincoln Memorial during the government shutdown.

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Woman denied help gives birth on a hospital lawn

An indigenous woman squats in pain after giving birth, her newborn still bound by the umbilical cord and lying on the ground. It’s a photograph that horrified Mexicans because of where it took place: the lawn outside a medical clinic where the woman had been denied help, and it struck a nerve in a country where inequity is still pervasive.

 
Body found in rarely used hospital stairwell that of missing patient

A body discovered in a stairwell at San Francisco’s main hospital was that of a female patient who disappeared from her room there more than two weeks ago, authorities said Wednesday as they continued to investigate how the woman got there and what caused her death.

 
Complaint: Detective punched SUV in NY biker melee

An undercover police detective participating in a motorcycle rally that descended into violence pounded on the rear window of an SUV while other bikers attacked the driver through his window, according to a criminal complaint Wednesday charging him with gang assault.

 
Untrained passenger lands plane after pilot falls ill

A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a small airplane at a British airport after the pilot became incapacitated, officials said Wednesday.

89-year-old drug courier pleads guilty in Detroit

An 89-year-old Indiana man who grows lilies pleaded guilty Tuesday in Detroit to serving as a drug mule to distribute more than 1,400 pounds of cocaine.

Cancer in remission for Nebraska boy who scored TD

The young boy with cancer whose touchdown run at the Nebraska spring football game was viewed by millions on the Internet is in remission, his father said Monday.