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Thousands turned away trying to see Mandela for last time

An estimated 100,000 South Africans lined up in Pretoria to view Nelson Mandela in his casket but about a third of the overwhelming crowd was sent away without being able to file past the bier.

 
Multiple stabbings after Chargers-Broncos game

At least three people were stabbed in a parking at Sports Authority Stadium Field at Mile High after the Denver Broncos’ game Thursday night.

 
Movie rating board: PG-13 intended as strong warning to parents

Under increasing pressure over its threshold for violence in PG-13 films, the Motion Picture Association of America defended its often-criticized rating system on Wednesday.

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Alligator rode train with woman before discovery at airport

After tracking down a small alligator skulking in a baggage claim area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, authorities are now hunting for its traveling companion.

 
‘Up’ balloon cluster attempt falls short

A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons landed short of his goal in Newfoundland.

 
Colorado death toll rises to 4 after body found

Colorado officials have raised the death toll from this week’s flooding to four after a woman’s body was found in Boulder.

 
Slave who died in 1798 finally buried ‘not as slave, but child of God’

A slave who died more than 200 years ago in Connecticut but was never buried was given an extraordinary funeral Thursday that included lying in state at the Capitol and calls for learning from his painful life.

 
Washington teens plead not guilty in vet beating death

Two 16-year-old boys pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and other charges in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran in Spokane nearly seven decades after he was shot in Okinawa and survived.

 
Water, then fire: Two New Jersey shore towns suffer again

Two Jersey shore communities that share an iconic boardwalk find themselves having to rebuild it and help scores of businesses pick up the pieces for the second time in less than a year after a massive fire roared along the wooden walkway Thursday.

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