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Suspect in Triple Murder Trial Smiles and WavesA Connecticut judge who presided over a grisly trial of man sentenced to death for three murders during a home invasion will be allowed to preside over the trial of the man's accomplice, a court ruled today. Accused killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, whose murder trial is scheduled to being March 14,
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Steven Hayes Smiles When Sentenced to Death for the Deadly Home InvasionSteven Hayes smiled as he was sentenced to death by a Connecticut jury today for his role in the deadly 2007 home invasion that killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters. Lawyers for Hayes said that their client was "happy with the verdict" and had "got what he wanted." "The fact of the
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Death for Petit Family Murderer Steven Hayes? Penalty Phase LoomsSteven Hayes Was Found Guilty of Killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and Her Two Daughters
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Jury Finds Steven Hayes Guilty In Connecticut Triple Murder
Steven Hayes was found guilty today in the deadly home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters brutalized and murdered, making him eligible for the death penalty. The jury deliberated for several hours before finding Hayes guilty of 16 of the 17 counts he faced. Hayes was convicted of six
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Weakened Hurricane Earl Threatens New England, CanadaAlhough it was downgraded to a tropical storm, Earl continued to threaten New England, with about 25 million people in its path. Earl was reclassified as a tropical storm late Friday just before 11 p.m. as its maximum sustained winds dropped to 70 miles per hour, far below its strength at its peak
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Hurricane Earl Brushes Carolina Coast; Warnings Issued for MassachusettsObama Signs Disaster Declaration for North Carolina as Residents Brace for Winds, Rain
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Hartford Shooter's Last Call: 'I Killed the Five Racists'The motive behind a gunman's vicious attack at a Connecticut beer distributor that left nine dead has become clearer today after a description of the dramatic phone call the shooter reportedly made to his mother immediately after his rampage. "I killed the five racists that was there bothering me,"
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Gunman Opens Fire at Hartford Beer Distributorship, Kills 8 Before Shooting HimselfConnecticut Gunman Complained of Racial Harassment at Work, According to Girlfriend's Mother
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Women Pounding on Governor Mansions' Glass CeilingsAs she begins her general election race for South Carolina's top statehouse job, Republican Nikki Haley is part of a group of candidates this year who are simultaneously pursuing another goal: to be their state's first female governor. Women are running to break the political glass ceiling in eight