Relatives describe Castro as violent, controlling captor
In Cleveland Ariel Castro, 52, reportedly kept three women imprisoned for a decade in his home on Seymour Avenue. Relatives recall a brutal, secretive man who terrorized his victims while neighbors remembered a friendly musician. Prosecutors may add murder counts in a case already charging rape and kidnapping with bail set at 8 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Ariel Castro
Castro
Angel Caraballo
Seymour Avenue
Elida Marie Caraballo
Rosie
Grimilda Figueroa
Frank Caraballo
Texas widens probe into West Fertilizer blast deaths
Texas law enforcement on Friday ordered a criminal investigation into the West Fertilizer Co blast that killed 14 people, with the Texas Rangers and sheriff joining the case. Federal agents reported finding bomb making materials linked to paramedic Bryce Reed, who was jailed on a separate charge. DPS chief Steven McCraw said no stone would be left unturned while officials stressed no proven crime connection yet.
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Bryce Reed
West Fertilizer Co
ATF
McLennan County Sheriff’s Office
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Sheriff's Department
State Fire Marshall’s Office
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
West
DPS
Steven McCraw
McLennan
Parnell McNamara
Talking points on Benghazi shift in Obama era politics
Email disclosures show State Department and others pressured to delete references to terror groups and prior warnings from talking points used by U N Ambassador Susan Rice after the Benghazi attack. Officials debated highlighting Islamic extremist links while noting warnings, amid partisan accusations ahead of the election.
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FBI
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GOP
Jay Carney
Barack Obama
Osama bin Laden
House
Capitol Hill
David Petraeus
al-Qaida
Ansar al- Sharia
NSS
Woman Rescued After 17 Days Buried in Rana Plaza Rubble
Reshma Begum survived 17 days trapped in a basement pocket beneath Rana Plaza as rescuers heard her banging a pipe. She drank scarce water, ate dried food, and cut her hair to free herself, with the hospital hailed as a miracle amid Bangladesh's deadly garment factory disaster.
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Bangladesh
Reshma Begum
Somoy TV
Begum
Miraj Hossain
Rana Plaza
Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy
Shahina Akter
Abdur Razzak
Razzak
Dhaka
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