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Revenge pushed Ark. doctor to bombing

Prosecutors insist that a doctor accused of masterminding a bombing that disfigured the Arkansas State Medical Board chairman was a weapons fanatic bent on avenging the restriction of his medical...

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Mother gets life term in Texas starvation case

Texas mother accused of starving 3 kids, locking them in hotel bathroom gets life in prison

Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided

Keep BP sunflower or bring back Amoco torch? Some gas-station owners think rebranding needed

Incoming BP CEO: Time for 'scaleback' in cleanup

Incoming BP CEO: It's time for 'scaleback' in cleanup, but company will still set things right

Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling

Arizona sheriff forges ahead with aggressive immigration sweeps even after court ruling

Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve

Bill Clinton meets, greets on eve of daughter Chelsea's nuptials in upstate NY village

South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees

Heat advisories across US South as humidity exacerbates temps to feel like 100-plus degrees

Calif. wildfire forces hundreds from homes

Air attack under way on big California wildfire as evacuations end

NJ man gets jail for Phillies game vomit-assault

NJ man gets jail for vomiting on girl, dad at Phillies game; judge advises toilet cleaning too

4th bear caught after deadly MT campground attack

4th bear captured after deadly attack at Mont. campground; DNA tests to be done

Judge bars evidence linked to Anna Nicole overdose

LA judge in upcoming trial bars evidence linked to overdose of Anna Nicole Smith

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Today In History

On July 30, 1945,

during World War II, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered components for the atomic bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.

In 1792,

the French national anthem "La Marseillaise" (lah mar-seh-YEHZ'), by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris by troops arriving from Marseille.

In 1864,

during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Va., by exploding a gunpowder-filled mine under Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.
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