| Lawyer: United passenger David Dao has concussion, broken nose; says dragging more horrific than fleeing Vietnam Posted: 13 Apr 2017 08:45 AM PDT  An attorney for the man forcibly dragged from a United flight earlier this week said passenger Dr. David Dao suffered serious injuries and that both the airline and city of Chicago are responsible. Dao's attorney, Thomas Demetrio, said at a press conference Thursday morning that Dao suffered a significant concussion and a broken nose, lost two front teeth and would need reconstructive surgery after three aviation officers dragged him off a Louisville-bound flight at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
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| Georgia Officer Fired After Kicking Handcuffed Suspect in the Head Posted: 13 Apr 2017 08:42 AM PDT  The officer has been fired after video surfaced that shows the officer kicking a handcuffed man in the head.
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| Jeffrey Lord: ‘Think of President Trump as the Martin Luther King of health care’ Posted: 13 Apr 2017 06:46 AM PDT  Jeffrey Lord, the conservative political commentator, shocked a fellow CNN panelist on Thursday morning by comparing the commander in chief to America's late civil rights icon on the issue of health care. "I want to say something here that I know will probably drive Symone crazy," Lord said during a discussion with liberal commentator Symone Sanders. Sanders, the former national press secretary for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, was aghast.
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| Mexico to extradite accused gunman to U.S. for 'Fast and Furious' slaying Posted: 13 Apr 2017 02:20 PM PDT  Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was arrested on Wednesday on the border of the northern Mexican states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua for the shooting of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, according to the U.S. Marshal for Arizona. Identifying the suspect only as Heraclio "N", the Mexican attorney general's office said in a statement that following his capture by Mexican marines, steps were underway to initiate the process of his extradition to the United States.
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| Russia, Iran and Syria issue warning to US Posted: 14 Apr 2017 12:02 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia, Syria and Iran strongly warned the United States Friday against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international investigation of the chemical weapons attack there that killed nearly 90 people.
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| Pope makes Easter visit to fortress prison holding ex-mafiosi Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:58 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis visited a fortress prison holding mafia turncoats on Thursday and again included a Muslim and women in a traditional Holy Week foot-washing ritual that previous popes had limited to Catholic men. Francis said a Mass for the 70 inmates of the prison, a 16th century fortress at Paliano 75 km (47 miles) south of Rome. During the service, he bent to wash and kiss the right foot of 12 inmates, commemorating Jesus' gesture of humility towards his 12 apostles on the night before he died.
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| All the President's Flip-Flops Posted: 13 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT  In February 2017, Jon Stewart noted that Donald Trump had a remarkable affinity for a certain phrase: "Believe me."* Trump used it over and over, which made Stewart wary: "Nobody says 'believe me' unless they are lying."
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| A Russian Torpedo Washed Up on a Lithuanian Beach Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:07 AM PDT  Look what the tide brought in.
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| Preview of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's town hall meeting Posted: 13 Apr 2017 08:17 PM PDT  ABC News' Charli James talks with constituents in Salem, Massachusetts.
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| Gunshots Miss 4-Year-Old Girl by Inches in Horrifying Surveillance Video Posted: 13 Apr 2017 02:51 PM PDT  The child was watching television in her grandfather's barbershop when the shots rang out, police said.
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| VA unveils website on quality of care, touts accountability Posted: 12 Apr 2017 05:41 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a new website Wednesday aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers, touting new accountability even as it grappled with fresh questions of patient safety in its beleaguered health system.
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| Egypt's interior ministry identifies Tanta church suicide bomber: state TV Posted: 13 Apr 2017 11:15 AM PDT  Egypt's interior ministry on Thursday identified the suicide bomber in the church bombing in the city of Tanta as Mamdouh Amin Mohamed Baghdadi, a resident of Qena, south of Cairo. At least 45 people, as well as the bombers, were killed in attacks on a cathedral in Alexandria and the church in Tanta in the Nile Delta on Palm Sunday, April 9. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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| Man dragged off United flight plans to sue: lawyers Posted: 14 Apr 2017 05:46 AM PDT  The man dragged off a United Airlines flight, sparking an international uproar, suffered a broken nose and concussion, his lawyer said Thursday, adding that he is planning to sue. David Dao was released from the hospital overnight and was at a "secure location," attorney Thomas Demetrio said at a news conference during which a member of Dao's family spoke out for the first time. Meanwhile, United remained under the spotlight as representatives of the carrier faced tough questioning at a city council hearing in Chicago, where the airline is headquartered and where the incident occurred.
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| US boy, 8, on joy ride for a cheeseburger Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Talk about a craving: an eight-year-old American boy drove his father's van to a McDonald's because he just had to have a cheeseburger. The Ohio boy said he learned to drive by watching YouTube videos, the Weirton Daily Times reported on Sunday evening's adventure. The child, at the wheel with his four-year-old sister riding shotgun, drove for about a mile and a half, stopping at red lights and letting traffic pass before he executed a left turn into the McDonald's in the town of East Palestine in eastern Ohio, the paper said.
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| Tennessee Officials Probing 381 Leads In Missing Student-Teacher Case Posted: 14 Apr 2017 03:17 AM PDT  Law enforcement officials declared an Amber Alert in Tennessee and Alabama after 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas disappeared with Tad Cummins, her teacher, on March 13.
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| Liberal U.S. lawyers, states mull legal fight over Obamacare Posted: 13 Apr 2017 07:41 AM PDT  By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Lawrence Hurley and Dan Levine WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - To stop President Donald Trump from undermining Obamacare, Democratic Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is considering an approach that has worked against the administration on immigration: using Trump's own words against him. Trump said he would let the Affordable Care Act "explode" after Republicans failed last month to pass their own repeal bill in Congress, and told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that he may withhold billions of dollars of payments to insurers to force Democrats to negotiate on healthcare. Public statements like that led to judges blocking Trump's proposed travel bans earlier this year, and could prove to be one line of attack in legal attempts to protect the healthcare bill, according to a handful of liberal U.S. lawyers and state attorneys general. They said they are waiting to see what action the administration ultimately takes on the healthcare law before they will officially respond.
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| Uber just added a feature to protect you from creepy drivers Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:09 PM PDT 
2017 hasn't exactly been kind to Uber, and while the company and its CEO can't seem to get out of each others' way, day-to-day operations continue to march on. Today, the Uber apps gets an all-new feature that, unlike almost every tidbit of Uber news so far this year, might actually make its users pretty happy. Starting today, riders who summon an Uber to their location can specify their pick-up and drop-off points without using physical street addresses, in an effort to boost user privacy and cut back on the creepiness of letting a driver know where you live.
With the new location options, if you don't feel like having an Uber driver meet you at a specific address you can choose any cross-street, including pre-determined pick-up spots at most major intersections. It's essentially an easier, faster way to obfuscate your comings and goings from the random drivers who show up to give you a lift. It's worth noting that, if you really wanted to protect your privacy with the previous system, it has always been possible to physically move the pickup point on the Uber map, or simply choose a nearby address rather than your own. But as TechCrunch notes, Uber discovered that very few people were actually taking advantage of that option, and many desired an easier way to apply an additional layer of privacy. This new pickup option should go a long way to fulfilling that request. The update to add the feature should be rolling out to all US users shortly, with wider implementation expected later.
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| 10 interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination Posted: 14 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT  It was 152 years ago when President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford's Theater. Lincoln died the next morning, and in the aftermath, some odd facts seemed to pop up.
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| The Most Upsetting Jelly Bean Flavors At The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Posted: 13 Apr 2017 02:32 PM PDT |
| It’s Time for America to Cut South Korea Loose Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:54 PM PDT  The first step to solving the North Korean problem is removing U.S. troops from the middle of it.
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| This Stay-at-Home Dad Leaves Hilarious Sticky Notes Around the House for His Wife Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:48 AM PDT  "Her diaper bag is so heavy, I checked the side pocket thinking I'd find a kid inside."
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| Misdirected coalition strike kills 18 partner forces in Syria Posted: 13 Apr 2017 07:37 AM PDT  A coalition air strike accidentally killed 18 members of a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance fighting the Islamic State group near a key town in northern Syria, the US-led coalition said Thursday. "The strike was requested by the partnered forces, who had identified the target location as an ISIS fighting position," a coalition statement read. SDF troops backed by coalition air power and other military assistance have been fighting for control of Tabqa since last month.
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| Killer whales toss boats like toys while hunting a sea lion Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:01 PM PDT  A couple of boaters found themselves directly in the middle of a pod of orca whales hunting a sea lion off of the coast of Bowyer Island in British Columbia, Canada. According to Viral Hog, the man filming the incident spotted a few whale watching boats and went to go check out the action. After observing the orcas from a distance for 30 minutes, things took a turn when a sea lion sought refuge under one of the boats. The orcas bashed the boats like toys in a bathtub while trying to hunt the sea lion. The boaters were fearful that they would harm the animals with the propellers on their boats if they tried to get away, so the boats stayed put until a guide on the whale watching boat suggested that they move closer to the island so the sea lion could get to safety. Thankfully for the sea lion, the tactic worked. "The sea lion was safe in the end, though clearly a little injured," the boater told Viral Hog.
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| Improperly stored raw meat among violations found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:15 PM PDT  By Bernie Woodall FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - Undercooled meat, potentially dangerous raw fish and broken coolers were among 13 violations found by restaurant inspectors at Mar-a-Lago, the exclusive Florida resort owned by President Donald Trump, during visits in late January, state officials said on Thursday. Mar-a-Lago representatives did not respond to requests for comment on the problems discovered at the private club, which charges $200,000 in initiation fees and has been dubbed the Southern White House. This weekend, Trump is due to make his seventh trip as the 45th president of the United States to the Palm Beach property that he purchased in 1985.
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| Philippines' Duterte cancels visit to disputed South China Sea island Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:01 PM PDT  Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has canceled a planned visit to an island the Philippines claims in the disputed South China Sea, after Beijing warned him against the visit. The brash Philippine leader last week announced his plan to raise the Philippine flag in the island of Thitu and fortify it with barracks, setting off alarm bells. "Because of our friendship with China and because we value your friendship I will not go there to raise the Philippine flag," Duterte said in a speech before the Filipino community in Riyadh late Wednesday.
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| Here's What Happens During a Fentanyl Overdose Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:53 AM PDT  Deaths due to opioid overdoses have risen sharply in the past few years, partly due to a particularly potent drug called fentanyl. In Massachusetts, for example, from 2013 to 2014, 32 percent of opioid overdose deaths involved fentanyl.
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| 4 dead of injuries consistent with methods used by gang Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:09 PM PDT  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Four young men found dead in a park from injuries inflicted by a sharp-edged object were killed in a way that is consistent with the methods of the MS-13 street gang, according to police, who declared war against gang violence in the suburbs of Long Island.
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| Teen Accidentally Shoots, Kills Self on Instagram Live as Friends Watch Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:21 AM PDT  Malachi Hemphill was just 13 when his mom believes he died while playing with a gun in his bedroom.
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| These Diamond Nails Are Taking Nail Art to a Whole New Level Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:57 AM PDT  Who needs a diamond ring when you can have diamond nails?!
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| Iran hardliner Ebrahim Raisi registers for election Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:25 AM PDT  Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state television showed. The 56-year-old has emphasised his concern for the poor and the high levels of unemployment -- considered a weak spot for President Hassan Rouhani who also registered on Friday. "I have come to be the candidate for the whole of Iran.
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| Nintendo Switch battery case could be the system’s first must-have accessory Posted: 13 Apr 2017 04:28 PM PDT 
As massive of an improvement as the Nintendo Switch is over the Wii U, it still has its share of issues. The battery only lasts a few hours, the kickstand is flimsy and the charging port is positioned at the bottom of the tablet, making it impossible to charge while playing in tabletop mode. None of these issues are deal-breakers for most Switch owners, but they do hinder what could be the best portable consoles on the market. Thankfully, someone has decided to solve all of these problems (and more) with one simple accessory.
InDemand Design's SwitchCharge is a battery case for the Nintendo Switch expected to ship in August. The creators are currently raising money for the case on Indiegogo, where over 1,800 backers have already more than doubled the $80,000 goal. With 23 days left, the campaign is primed to be a huge success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQULgVJocMo The primary feature of the SwitchCharge case is its 12,000mAh battery, which should give Switch owners up to 12 hours of uninterrupted game time. The case is also equipped with a sturdy, adjustable kickstand, 2 game card storage slots, quick charge technology and a USB-C port on the side (perfect for tabletop mode). InDemand Design is asking for $85 for a SwitchCharge case and power supply, but you can save a few dollars by purchasing a set of multiple cases. The company plans to begin shipping SwitchCharge cases in July, with deliveries expected to arrive in August. As this is an unreleased project, we can't say whether or not it does everything it claims to do, but it looks like it could be the ultimate all-in-one accessory for the Switch.
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| Trump, Xi converge on currency, Syria as US-China ties warm Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:23 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China struck what appeared to be an unusual bargain Wednesday as President Donald Trump said he won't label China a currency manipulator and voiced confidence Chinese President Xi Jinping will help him deal with North Korea's mounting threat.
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| 2018 Subaru Crosstrek Looks to Gain an Edge in the Small-SUV Field Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:07 PM PDT   The all-new, second-generation 2018 Subaru Crosstrek looks to further the company's reputation for a small, efficient sport/utility with a dash of fun. Subaru originally morphed the Crosstrek by ...
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| Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Have Reportedly Filed for Divorce and More News Posted: 14 Apr 2017 12:13 PM PDT  Everything you need to know about Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's reported divorce, Chrissy Teigen's collaboration with Becca Cosmetics, Meghan Markle's go-to beauty products, and Justin Trudeau's new legislation allowing Canadians to buy and grow weed. Get all the details at MarieClaire.com!
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| U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson made $27.4 million last year at Exxon: company Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:50 AM PDT  By Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson received compensation worth $27.4 million last year when he was chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil producer, regulatory filings showed on Thursday. The value of Tillerson's compensation package last year rose about 0.5 percent largely due to a 4 percent boost in his salary to $3.2 million and an 8 percent jump in the value of stock awards to $19.7 million, an Exxon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed. The value of perquisites Tillerson received from Exxon last year, including personal security and a life insurance policy, rose 7 percent to $575,850.
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| Palestinian man fatally stabs British woman on Jerusalem train Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:21 AM PDT  By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian man fatally stabbed a British student on Jerusalem's transit network on Friday, Israeli police said. Israel's ambassador to Britain, Mark Regev, named the victim as Hannah Bladon on his Twitter account, adding that she was "murdered in a senseless act of terror." The incident occurred in a train carriage on the light rail network near the walled Old City. The British Foreign Office in London said in a statement: "We can confirm the tragic death of a British national in Jerusalem.
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| Exposure to Pesticides May Increase Risk of Liver Cancer Posted: 13 Apr 2017 04:43 PM PDT  People who are exposed to pesticides may face an increased risk of liver cancer, a new meta-analysis suggests. Pesticide exposure was associated with a 71 percent increased risk of liver cancer, according to the meta-analysis, which was presented on April 3 at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The findings have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal. Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world, and the No. 2 cause of cancer deaths (behind lung cancer), said lead study author Hamdi Abdi, a cancer research fellow at the National Cancer Institute.
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| Three years on, hopes fade for those trapped in Ukraine war Posted: 13 Apr 2017 04:26 AM PDT  After three years of war, Irina and her husband Arkady have all but lost hope of ever seeing the day the big guns fall silent and Ukraine becomes whole again. "It will be hard for us to be one with Ukraine again," 50-year-old Arkady told AFP without revealing his surname. Irina has kept a daily war journal that is filled with notes underscored with grief and pain from the first page to the last.
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| Amazon is offering a rare discount on the Nest Thermostat Posted: 14 Apr 2017 12:14 PM PDT 
Why does Google charge so much for the Nest Learning Thermostat? Because it can. The Nest was the first, but it's still the best. There are other great options out there right now that offer many of the same features as the Nest (one of our favorites is the Ecobee3), but none so far have managed to wrap everything up into a package that's quite as sleek and simple as the Nest. It just works. You'll save money on your energy bill each month, and you'll be more comfortable in the process thanks to Nest's advanced learning algorithms that constantly adjust your heating and air conditioning based on preferences and location. The Nest is well worth its normal asking price of $250, but Amazon has a sweet sale going ahead of Earth Day that shaves $31 off the normal selling price. Trust us, if you take advantage of this sale, you won't be sorry. Here are some key details from the product page: - Works with Amazon Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
- Auto-Schedule: Nest learns the temperatures you like and programs itself in about a week.
- Home/Away Assist: Nest automatically turns itself down when nobody's home to help you save energy.
- Remote Control: Connect your thermostat to Wi‑Fi to control the temperature from your phone, tablet or laptop.
- Farsight: When Nest spots you across the room, it lights up to show you the time, temperature or weather.
- Energy History: Check your Energy History in the Nest app to see how much energy you use and why.
- Nest Leaf: You'll see the Leaf when you choose a temperature that saves energy. It guides you in the right direction.
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| Fox host O'Reilly's future uncertain after sexual harassment accusations Posted: 12 Apr 2017 11:51 PM PDT  A week after President Donald Trump defended the star Fox News host Bill O'Reilly following accusations of sexual harassment, he is on vacation from his hugely popular show and his future uncertain. The right-wing television personality announced what he called a long-planned break during his show on Tuesday, saying he would return on April 24 -- amid reports he may not come back.
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| Water releases to resume at damaged California dam spillway Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:02 PM PDT  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — With stormy weather approaching, state water managers announced Thursday they will resume releasing water down a damaged spillway at the nation's tallest dam.
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| At Chinese border with North Korea, trade cools but few signs of strain Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:56 AM PDT  By Philip Wen and Joseph Campbell DANDONG, China (Reuters) - Despite heightened tension on the Korean peninsula and North Korea warning of a nuclear strike against any sign of U.S. aggression, there were few signs of strain on Thursday on the main border post between China and the reclusive nation. In Dandong, through which about three-quarters of China's trade with North Korea flows, long queues of trucks heading in both directions formed across the Friendship Bridge, despite what locals said was a relative lull due to the North's most important national holiday on Saturday marking the birth of founder president Kim Il Sung. China has signed up to wide-ranging United Nations sanctions designed at halting Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and local traders told Reuters that blanket bans on key North Korean commodities exports like coal, iron ore powder and precious metals have dealt a blow to business.
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| After witness recants, man jailed for 27 years gets released Posted: 13 Apr 2017 07:37 PM PDT ![After witness recants, man jailed for 27 years gets released]( "After witness recants, man jailed for 27 years gets released") PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The key witness in a murder that sent a teenage boy to prison for 27 years recanted Thursday and accused authorities of coercing her testimony. The stunning declaration led a judge to set bail in the case, drawing a gasp from the packed courtroom and sending the defendant's wife to her knees.
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