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Tests confirm identity of 1 of 43 missing students in Mexico
 

Tests have identified the remains of one of 43 trainee teachers abducted 10 weeks ago in southwestern Mexico, a source close to the investigation said on Saturday, apparently confirming a feared massacre the government has blamed on drug gang henchmen.

 
LAPD open investigation into Bill Cosby sex abuse claim

Los Angeles police opened an investigation into a woman’s claims that Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old, a department spokeswoman said.

 
Michelle Bachmann ready to leave Congress

An audacious conservative, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood out from the moment she was first elected to Congress in 2006. Democrats were ascendant and Bachmann was a stridently Republican new arrival with a homespun Minnesota twang.

 
Ex horrified after American mom stabbed to death in UAE

The ex-husband of an American woman killed in the United Arab Emirates said he was shocked by her fatal stabbing, but said he still feels safe there.

 
4 Southern Nevadans recall horrific attack on Pearl Harbor

Four of the last Pearl Harbor survivors from Southern Nevada recalled that horrific morning 73 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, when swarms of Japanese warplanes attacked the Hawaiian territory island, Oahu.

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Obama authorizes 1,500 additional troops for Iraq deployment

President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State.

 
Obama told Congress leaders he will act on immigration

President Barack Obama told Republican and Democratic leaders he invited to lunch at the White House on Friday that he was committed to taking action on immigration reform because the House of Representatives was unable to pass a bill, the White House said.

 
Man arrested for murder of family buried in Calif. desert

A lone suspect has been arrested and charged with four counts of murder in the slaying of a couple and their two young sons whose skeletal remains were found buried last year in the California desert, police and prosecutors said on Friday.

 
New Zealand prosecutor drops charge against AC/DC drummer

A New Zealand prosecutor on Friday dropped a charge against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd that he attempted to procure the murder of two people, but Rudd still faces charges of threatening to kill.

 
Permit hopes rise with lantern festival test launch

Promoters of the RiSE Festival cleared one of their last hurdles Tuesday night with the successful test launch of a couple hundred sky lanterns before an audience of several dozen public lands officials.

 
Calif. tutor arrested for illegally changing grades

A private Los Angeles-area tutor was arrested and charged on Monday for illegally changing grades for three high school students, police said.

 
Clark County to start issuing same-sex marriage licenses today

Clark County Clerk Diana Alba has decided that the Marriage Bureau will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 2 p.m. today, according to county spokesman Erik Pappa.

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