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Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said.



The hostages — two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard — were unhurt after the four-hour standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring the gunman on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage.



An explosive device on the gunman's body detonated when police shot him, Manger said. Police were trying to determine whether two boxes and two backpacks the gunman had also contained explosives.

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Coroner: California doctor suffocated in chimney

September 2, 2010

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A doctor whose decomposing body was found in a narrow chimney suffocated after she tried to get into the home of her boyfriend, authorities said Wednesday.

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Number of illegal immigrants in US now declining

September 2, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study find.

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NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere

September 2, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) — It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as...

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Earl strengthens some as it nears East Coast

September 2, 2010

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Earl's winds gusted even stronger as the powerful storm steamed toward the Eastern Seaboar.

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Obama: US combat in Iraq over, 'time to turn page'

September 1, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S.

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