JURORS DEADLOCKED ON WED IN THE PENALTY PHASE OF THE JODI ARIAS MURDER **

THEY'RE DECIDING WHETHER TO SENTENCE ARIAS TO LIFE IN PRISON OR EXECUTION **

JUDGE ASKED THE JURORS TO REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT AND WILL RESUME **

PRES OBAMA THREATENING TO VETO A GOP BILL TO AVERT THE DOUBLING OF STUDENT **

PLAN WOULD RESET STUDENT LOANS EVERY YEAR BASED ON 10-YR TREASURY NOTES, **

WHITE HOUSE SAYS LOWER RATES WOULD GIVE WAY TO HIGHER RATES IN THE FUTURE **

WITHOUT ACTION, INTEREST RATES ON NEW LOANS ARE SET TO DOUBLE FROM 3.4% TO **

HOUSE APPROVES A MEASURE TO EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE XL **

MEASURE PASSED WED EVENING WITH A 241-175 VOTE **

BILL WOULD TAKE AWAY AUTHORITY FOR APPROVING THE PIPELINE FROM THE OBAMA **

WA STATE MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH A PAIR OF LETTERS **

37-YR-OLD MATTHEW BUQUET WAS ARRESTED ON WED AND CHARGED WITH MAILING A **

LETTERS TAINTED WITH THE POISON WERE INTERCEPTED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE... **

FL MAN KILLED BY FBI AGENT REPORTEDLY HAD LINK TO BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT **

IBRAGIM TODASHEV, A 27-YR-OLD CHECHEN IMMIGRANT, WAS FATALLY SHOT AT HIS **

TODASHEV REPORTEDLY TURNED VIOLENT WHILE BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS TIES TO **

THE TWO MEN REPORTEDLY KNEW EACH OTHER THROUGH MIXED MARITAL ARTS FIGHTING **

OFFICIALS SAY TODASHEV IMPLICATED HIMSELF IN THE 2011 TRIPLE-MURDER THAT **

DEATH TOLL FROM OKLAHOMA TORNADO STANDS AT 24 WITH ALL VICTIMS POSITIVELY **

10 CHILDREN WERE KILLED, INCLUDING TWO INFANTS **

LOCAL LDRS SAY AS MANY AS 13,000 HOMES WERE RIPPED APART **

Arafat to be exhumed Tuesday – Palestinians claim he was murdered (poisoned)

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Arafat’s remains to be exhumed Tuesday: official

   RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian official says the remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday to enable foreign experts to take samples as part of a probe into his death.

   Arafat died in November 2004, a month after suddenly falling ill, and Palestinian officials have insisted he was poisoned by Israel. Israel has denied such allegations. The detection of traces of a lethal radioactive substance in biological stains on Arafat’s clothing earlier this year sparked a new investigation.

   Former Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfik Tirawi, who heads the committee investigating Arafat’s death, said Saturday that Swiss, French and Russian experts would take samples from Arafat’s remains on Tuesday. Tirawi says Arafat would be reburied the same day with military honors.

 









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