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Man charged in assassination attempt against Utah governor
| Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah man who police say threatened to assassinate Gov.
Gary Herbert is now facing multiple felony charges.
Brian Biff Baker was charged Friday in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court
with felony counts of drug and weapons possession, along with a misdemeanor
count of threatening elected officials.
Court records show no hearings are set in the case.
FOXNews, 02:38 - National Interest - US
Search resumes at recycling center in case of Josh Powell
| Associated Press
PUYALLUP, Wash. - Volunteers sifted through tons of paper at a recycling
center Sunday, hoping to find items that Josh Powell may have dumped before
killing himself and his two sons in a house fire last week.
The search, involving about 20 people from Pierce County Search and Rescue,
was expected to last all day.
"What happened last weekend really affected me.
FOXNews, 02:38 - Relief materials delivered to blizzard-hit people in Tibet
(Source: Xinhua) 2012-02-13
Local residents clear away snow in Nyalam County, southwest China's Tibet
Autonomous Region, Feb.
China Military Online, 02:37 - Is this the most barking pet owner in Britain? Man risks life to save dog on icy river
Essex fire service said rescue was 'extremely dangerous'
Mercury dipped as low as -15.6C in Lincolnshire this weekend
Teenager is airlifted to hospital after sledging accident
Dogs drown in Olympic and Paralympic rowing lake
Treacherous fog causes pile-up on the M6 in Cumbria
Much of Europe remains in the grip of big freeze
Kosovo avalanche deaths add to the Euro death toll
By Fiona Macrae and Rosie Taylor
Last updated at 12:14 AM on 13th February 2012
Daily Mail, 02:34 - Veteran NJ Transit staffer named bus operations GM
New Jersey Transit's acting vice president and general manager of bus
operations now has the permanent title.
The agency's Board of Directors recently approved Joyce Gallagher's
appointment.
CourierPostOnline.com, 02:33 - Search Resumes at Recycling Center in Powell Case
Volunteers sifted through tons of paper at a recycling center Sunday,
hoping to find items that Josh Powell may have dumped before killing
himself and his two sons in a house fire last week.
The search, involving about 20 people from Pierce County Search and Rescue,
was expected to last all day.
"What happened last weekend really affected me.
ABC news.com, 02:27 - Trial starts for seven members of militia
Accused of plot to kill an officer
By Ed White
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Associated Press
Sunday, February 12, 2012 ');
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DETROIT - Seven members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting to
overthrow the government are set to stand trial, where jurors will decide
whether federal authorities prevented an attack by homegrown extremists or
simply made too much of weekend warriors' boasts to "take our nation back."
Washington Times, 02:07 - Navraj makes world dance along
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DUGRI: At 13, Navraj Singh Chhina is promoting Punjabi folk culture like no
one else from the city.
Times of India, 00:02 - Hutaree militia trial opens Monday
By Tresa Baldas and David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press
DETROIT Б─" The government says they're homegrown terrorists who plotted to
kill police officers with bombs and guns.
By Madalyn Ruggiero, AP
A law enforcement official walks out of an armored vehicle tank in a
staging area in Hillsdale County, Mich., during a search for a fugitive who
is part of a Christian militia group on March 29, 2010.
By Madalyn Ruggiero, AP
USA TODAY, 00:05 - NJ man who shot off-duty officer must pay $5.9M
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - An off-duty New Jersey county sheriff's officer who
was shot and seriously wounded when he tried to intervene in a domestic
dispute has won a $5.9 million civil judgment against the gunman.
A judge recently awarded the money to Joshua Hahn and his wife after Billy
Heisler - who was convicted last month on attempted murder and weapons
charges - failed to respond to the suit.
The 34-year-old Mercer County Sheriff's officer suffered two punctured
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