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The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday fined the school for waiting too long to notify students about the shootings on April 16, 2007

Nearly four years after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, victims' family members and campus safety advocates say it isn't the fine amount of $55,000 Virginia Tech faces that matters, but that the school finally will pay for the mistakes it made during the rampage.


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Zapata and Avila, who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, were attacked as they returned to the capital from Mexico's northern state of San Luis Potosi

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Wednesday offered an up to $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of the suspected drug traffickers who shot and killed a U.S. immigration agent and wounded another in Mexico last month.


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FDA leads study to determine if a link exists

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FDA is examining the link between dyes found in everyday foods and hyperactivity in children.


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The legislation now would prevent nonunion employees affected by contracts from paying fees to union organizations

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- State lawmakers in Ohio made changes Tuesday to a collective bargaining bill that would deal a blow to public worker unions.


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He was convicted of killing two people in a 1989 convenience store robbery

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday declined to stop the execution of an Arizona death-row inmate hours before he was set to die by lethal injection


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Livestream of the president's speech begins at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will make his case for U.S. involvement in Libya to an anxious public Monday night


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Authorities said the couple, who became the twins' foster parents in 2004, beat the twins with a shoe, whip or broom, bound their hands and feet, and locked them in a bathroom

Prosecutors said Monday they would seek the death penalty for a Miami couple accused in the slaying of their 10-year-old adopted daughter


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The jury of five men and seven women found that pageant officials, not Ramirez, had breached the contract

A 17-year-old Texas beauty queen allegedly told to "get off the tacos" after gaining weight has had her crown returned by a judge after a jury ruled that she was wrongly stripped of her title


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Some credits, deductions could trip up taxpayers

Some experts advise taxpayers to seek help preparing their returns, either from a professional tax preparer or by using tax preparation software


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Experts say the drug is an important milestone in treating the deadliest form of skin cancer

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma

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