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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Amanda Knox arrives home on first day of freedom

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Amanda Knox landed in Seattle Tuesday on her first day of freedom in four years, after an Italian court overturned her conviction in the murder of her roommate. Speaking briefly to reporters and onlookers at Sea-Tac Airport, Knox said she was "really overwhelmed right... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Amanda Knox set to return home after acquittal

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. student Amanda Knox spent her first day of freedom in four years Tuesday going to Seattle from Italy, where she was cleared in the murder of her roommate. Witnesses in the Fiumicino Airport, where Knox and her family were preparing to board a flight for London... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Amanda Knox: 'We deserve freedom'

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. student Amanda Knox awaited a decision Monday in the appeal of her prison sentence in the 2007 death of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Knox, 23, of Seattle, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in December 2009 of sexually assaulting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Radical American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki killed

SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Anwar al-Awlaki, U.S.-born Yemeni cleric and al-Qaida member wanted by the United States, was killed in an airstrike in Yemen Friday, a security official said. Tribal sources said Awlaki, a leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed with other al-Qaida... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Loughner's Detention Extended

TUCSON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A judge ordered Jared Loughner, accused of the Tucson massacre that killed six people and injured 13, to receive four more months of mental health treatment. In his ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns said it was possible for Loughner to achieve mental... Sign in to see full entry.

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