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**FILE** This undated Pennsylvania Department of Corrections photo shows Terrance Williams, who was convicted of fatally beating Amos Norwood in 1984. (Associated Press/Pennsylvania Department of Corrections)
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State Trooper Matt Losh emerges from the backyard of a home on Meeting House Hill Circle in New Fairfield, Conn., where a fatal shooting took place, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A Connecticut man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, state police said. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Carol Kaliff)
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Drones are considered efficient tools for law enforcement, but a third of Americans worry that their privacy will suffer if the unmanned devices are used regularly in U.S. skies, according to a poll. Congress has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to come up with safety regulations to clear the way for routine domestic use of the aircraft within three years. (Vanguard Defense Industries via Associated Press)
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Drees Homes is building 238 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Colonial Forge at Augustine in Stafford. The Abriel model, with 2,723 square feet, is priced from $432,400.
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A Boeing flag flutters as an Airbus A380 makes a demonstration flight at the 49th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris in 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Vistors to the Mall (from left) Andy Dimitriou of Chicago, Judy Franklin of Las Vegas and her sister Janice Hoffman of Chicago, and Michael Franklin of Las Vegas walk up to a temporary barrier to get a closer look at the closed National Monument. as the National Park Service announces that Perini Management Services, Inc. of Framingham, Mass. will be the contractor tasked with repairing the earthquake damage to the Washington Monument at a press conference, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 26, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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National Park Service Superintendent Bob Vogel announces details Wednesday for the repairs on the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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associated press Traffic is slow at a Staples office supply store in Miami. Staples is speeding up the closure of more than a dozen U.S. stores and plans to close 45 stores in Europe.
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Residents help battle the Temprano fire in Murrieta, Calif., near Warm Springs Park and Preserve on Sept. 23, 2012. The Southern California wildfires have destroyed 20 homes and threatened several hundred more in rural areas. (Associated Press/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)
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Law enforcement authorities work at the site of a Sept. 22, 2012, crash where a heavily drunk driver killed seven people at a bus stop in Moscow. Five orphaned teens were waiting for a bus with their guardians when a car careened into them, killing all seven. (Associated Press)
