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Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant (AP)

Police gather at the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft Foods Inc. facility in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday Sept. 9, 2010.  (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP – Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said.


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Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel (AP)

A Montgomery County police officer puts up police tape to keep people away from the scene of the Discovery Channel networks headquarters building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage in the building.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)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.


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NKorea releases American man held since January (AP)

FILE - A Jan. 12, 2010  file photo shows  American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, during a rally denouncing North Korean's human rights conditions at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas. Former President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea on Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010 on a mission U.S. officials said was aimed at bringing home the imprisoned American.    (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea on a private jet Friday after securing a special pardon for an American who had been jailed in the communist country since January.


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Man held without bail in NYC cab driver stabbing (AP)

** RETRANSMISSION OF NYR103 FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Michael Enright, right, confers with his attorney Jason Martin, during his arraignment in a New York City courtroom on charges that include attempted murder as a hate crime, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Enright is accused of slashing taxi driver Ahmed H. Sharif with a hand tool on Tuesday, Aug. 24, after the driver said he was Muslim. (AP Photo/Steven Hirsch, Pool)AP – A college student who did volunteer work in Afghanistan was charged Wednesday with slashing a taxi driver’s neck and face after the driver said he’s Muslim.


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Myanmar elections to be held Nov. 7 (AP)

Myanmar men read state-run newspapers at a stall in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Myanmar's Election Commission has designated constituencies for the national and regional parliaments, state media announced Wednesday, moving a step closer toward the general election promised for sometime this year. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP – Myanmar’s first election in two decades will be held Nov. 7, the junta announced Friday, setting the wheels in motion for a long-awaited event that critics have dismissed as a sham designed to cement military rule.


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Manhattan party girl, accused spy Anna Chapman held without bail

One of New York’s accused Russian sleeper spies confessed his total loyalty to Moscow after his arrest – but refused to reveal his real name, according to new court papers

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Peru judge orders Van der Sloot held for murder (AP)

Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, sits between officers while being transported in a police car in Lima, Thursday, June 10, 2010.  Peruvian authorities have announced that Van der Sloot has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room on May 30. (AP Photo) PERU OUT - NO USAR O PUBLICAR EN PERUAP – A Peruvian judge has ordered Joran van der Sloot jailed on murder and robbery charges in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima woman.


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