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Mexican bloodbath: At least 40 killed in weekend drug violence

More than 40 people throughout Mexico were slaughtered this weekend in violent clashes between one of Mexico’s most ruthless drug cartels, the Zetas, and their rival gangs, authorities said.

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Father rescues son from convicted sex offender’s kidnapping attempt at beach over holiday weekend

A Chicago father snatched his 2-year-old son back from an attempted kidnapper this weekend during what was supposed to be a fun family outing at the beach.

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Giffords visting hometown of Tucson this weekend (AP)

FILE - In this May 17, 2011 file photo,  U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is seen at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' staff says the Arizona congresswoman will visit Tucson over the weekend, her first time back to her hometown since January. (AP Photo/southwestphotobank.com, P.K. Weis, File) MANDATORY CREDITAP – Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was back in her hometown Friday, visiting Tucson for Father’s Day weekend in her first time back to her hometown since she was shot in January.


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Giffords to visit hometown of Tucson this weekend (AP)

FILE - In this May 17, 2011 file photo,  U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is seen at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' staff says the Arizona congresswoman will visit Tucson over the weekend, her first time back to her hometown since January. (AP Photo/southwestphotobank.com, P.K. Weis, File) MANDATORY CREDITAP – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ staff said Friday that the Arizona congresswoman will visit Tucson for Father’s Day weekend in her first time back to her hometown since she was shot in January.


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Rangers extend Pens’ nightmare N.Y. weekend

The Penguins had a miserable weekend in New York. The Rangers did not care. They had enough problems of their own, with a six-game slide threatening to tear their season apart if it went any further. It did not. For the first time since Jan. 24, the Blueshirts won a game, snapping their season-worst 0-5-1 skid with a 5-3 triumph that included a season-high three power-play goals.

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Christmas weekend violence kills 38 in Nigeria (AP)

A picture taken on October 2010 shows a policeman standing near a damaged car following a blast in Abuja. A Nigerian court on Tuesday refused bail to the brother of an alleged militant and three others facing treason and terrorism charges over Independence Day twin car bombings that killed 12 people in Abuja.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP – Dozens of armed men attacked the church on Christmas Eve, dragging the pastor out of his home and shooting him to death. Two young men from the choir rehearsing for a late-night carol service also were slain.


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20 killed over weekend in Mexican border city (AP)

Relatives of fallen police officers react as they arrive to the scene after gunmen attacked a municipal police car in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. A male and a female officer were killed in the attack.  Juarez has become one of the deadliest cities in the world as rival drug gangs battle for control of smuggling routes. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP – At least 20 people were killed in drug-gang violence over the weekend in this northern Mexican border city, including seven found dead outside one house.


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