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Motive a mystery in slaying of Cal State Fullerton student

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A motive remains unclear in the slaying of 36-year-old Army veteran and soon-to-be college graduate Maribel Ramos, whose body was found in a remote Orange County canyon. | 05/18/13 19:26:02 By - By RICK ROJAS

Commuters face nightmare as search begins for cause of Metro-North crash

Commuters face a potential nightmare of detours and traffic jams after the collision of two Metro-North trains near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line in Connecticut Friday night. | 05/18/13 18:36:02 By - By KELLY GLISTA, DAVID OWENS AND JENNY WILSON

Mental illness in youth: a common struggle

Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3 percent to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that he or she considered "mentally unhealthy," according to a comprehensive report on the mental health of American youth issued this week. | 05/18/13 15:51:01 By - By MELISSA HEALY

Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy

At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Barack Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss - the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained relationship with Israel. But before they got too far into that, Obama had something else to say. | 05/18/13 04:00:00 By - By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY AND CHRISTI PARSONS

Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say

The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials. | 05/18/13 04:00:00 By - By KEN DILANIAN

87-year-old woman testifies in suit against Trump Tower

Her family too poor to care for her, Jacqueline Goldberg was placed in a children's home at age 10. | 05/18/13 03:11:04 By - By ANNIE SWEENEY

Illinois Senate sends medical-marijuana bill to governor

Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. | 05/18/13 03:11:04 By - By MONIQUE GARCIA AND RAFAEL GUERRERO

Navy dolphins discover rare old torpedo off Calif. coast near Coronado

In the ocean off Coronado, a Navy team has discovered a relic worthy of display in a military museum: a torpedo of the kind deployed in the late 19th century, considered a technological marvel in its day. | 05/18/13 04:00:00 By - By TONY PERRY

Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld

TUCSON, Ariz. - Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. | 05/17/13 23:36:01 By - By CINDY CARCAMO

Commuter trains collide after derailment in Bridgeport; more than 60 injured

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-More than 60 people were injured, five seriously, when a Metro-North commuter train derailed near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line Friday night, colliding with a train heading in the opposite direction. | 05/17/13 23:31:01 By - By KELLY GLISTA

O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defends how he handled robbery case

Over a day of often-vitriolic cross examination, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney faced a barrage of pointed challenges that his representation was so shoddy and even duplicitous that the fallen football star deserves a new trial in a 2008 robbery and kidnapping conviction. | 05/17/13 23:31:01 By - By JOHN M. GLIONNA

Authorities question Internet use of man accused of running bestiality farm

A convicted drug-runner and unapologetic advocate of zoophilia - sex between animals and humans - was warned by a federal judge on Friday that he's flirting with violating the conditions of his prison release by having others post comments on the Internet on his behalf. | 05/17/13 22:36:01 By - By MIKE CARTER

Commuter train derails near Bridgeport-Fairfield line

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - More than 20 people were injured, four seriously, when a Metro-North commuter train derailed near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line Friday night, striking a train heading in the opposite direction. | 05/17/13 20:51:01 By - By KELLY GLISTA

Nurses strike East Bay hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health

Hundreds of registered nurses walked off the job and formed picket lines in front of East Bay hospitals Friday morning to begin a seven-day strike against institutions affiliated with Sutter Health. | 05/17/13 19:36:01 By - By SANDY KLEFFMAN

All missing persons accounted for in wake of Texas tornado

All missing persons from Wednesday night's tornado have been accounted for and the death toll in the Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision remains at six, officials said Friday. | 05/17/13 19:31:01 By - By DIANE SMITH, MITCH MITCHELL AND BILL MILLER

Idaho neighbors surprised by Uzbek refugee's arrest, allegations

The Uzbek national and Boise resident accused of training people to carry out terrorist attacks is a refugee who resettled in Boise in 2009. | 05/17/13 19:26:01 By - By ANNA WEBB

Obama budget would cut deficits, report says

WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama's proposed mix of tax increases and spending cuts would reduce future budget deficits more quickly than under current laws, according to a report issued Friday that could rekindle the dormant budget wars in Washington. | 05/17/13 18:26:01 By - By LISA MASCARO

Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas

An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. | 05/17/13 17:51:01 By - By MICHAEL MUSKAL

Geza Vermes, scholar who wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls, dies at 88

Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ancient manuscript fragments that would become a focus of his life's work. | 05/17/13 17:16:01 By - By REBECCA TROUNSON

Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31

It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. | 05/17/13 17:16:01 By - By DEBORAH NETBURN

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