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Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

SARATOGA, Calif. — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic t …

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  1. Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

    Nation

    SARATOGA, Calif. — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic …

  2. Mounties investigating Canadian government expense claim scandal

    World

    The Mounties are investigating the expense claim scandal that has caused a shakeup in the Senate and the office of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

  3. Social Security 'tax max' figure not declining as stated

    National

    The statement

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  4. Behind would-be Democratic candidate Charlie Crist, a loose-knit crew of advisers

    National

    Charlie Crist, almost unique among political figures of his stature, has never had a consistent inner circle of advisers at his side.

  5. Biographer Paula Broadwell breaks silence, regrets affair with David Petraeus

    Nation

    RALEIGH, N.C. — The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family.