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at 21:36 on February 22, 2012, EST.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fuelled slaying of his ex-girlfriend, rejecting a verdict of first-degree murder and a possible life sentence.
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at 21:36 on February 22, 2012, EST.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by the premier she ousted in a Labor Party coup. But Kevin Rudd's supporters said that even if Gillard survives Monday's vote, the turmoil surrounding her unpopular government will continue until she is out.
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at 20:53 on February 22, 2012, EST.
TOKYO - Japan's crown prince believes efforts should be made to reduce the burden on his ailing father, Emperor Akihito, as the 78-year-old monarch recovers from heart bypass surgery.
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at 20:12 on February 22, 2012, EST.
STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Royal Court says Crown Princess Victoria has been admitted to a hospital for the birth of her first child, who would be a future heir to the throne.
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at 19:53 on February 22, 2012, EST.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood pressed flesh to flesh, sandwiched between bicycles and the few seats, many without so much as a strap to hold onto.
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at 19:37 on February 22, 2012, EST.
WASHINGTON - A former District of Columbia police commander whose division provided a police escort for actor Charlie Sheen last April has given notice that he intends to file a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city, saying he was demoted because he testified to the D.C. Council that such escorts for celebrities were commonplace.
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at 19:27 on February 22, 2012, EST.
NEWARK, N.J. - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighbourhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
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at 18:33 on February 22, 2012, EST.
WASHINGTON - It's been almost a month since the last Republican presidential debate, and once again the race for the party's nomination is vastly different than it was when Mitt Romney efficiently put the boots to his biggest threat, Newt Gingrich, during a Florida faceoff.
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at 18:31 on February 22, 2012, EST.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is announcing that her party will vote next week on its leadership.
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at 17:21 on February 22, 2012, EST.
VIENNA - Russia said Wednesday the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to investigate allegations the Islamic Republic hid secret work on atomic arms, but the U.S. and its allies accused Tehran of nuclear defiance.
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at 17:07 on February 22, 2012, EST.
GENEVA - Researchers have found a flaw in the technical setup of an experiment that startled the science world last year by appearing to show particles travelling faster than light.
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at 16:45 on February 22, 2012, EST.
BEIRUT - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria.
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