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Ohio-Steubenville-Alleged-Rape-Case
One of the teens who recorded himself mocking the girl at the center of an Ohio rape case "did a really dumb thing and regrets it" but did not commit any crime, his lawyer said Monday.
Illinois-Lottery-Death
Shortly after winning $1 million in the lottery, an Illinois man was found dead -- a death that a medical examiner has since ruled was due to cyanide poisoning.
Washington-Skydiver-Missing
Police have abandoned a ground search for a skydiver who went missing four days ago over the Cascade Mountains in Washington. Kurt Ruppert, of Lake City, Florida, disappeared Thursday after he jumped out of a helicopter at 6,500 feet while wearing a special jumpsuit known as a "wingsuit," which allows a person to soar and glide before deploying a parachute.
New-York-Game-Show-Killer-Sentenced
In courtroom packed with the victims' relatives and friends -- many of whose eyes were swollen from crying -- a New York judge broke down in tears Monday while sentencing the "Dating Game Killer" to 25 years to life for the murder of two 23-year-old women in the 1970s.
New-Jersey-Escalator-Accident
Five people were injured -- three seriously enough to require hospital treatment -- when an escalator at a commuter rail station in New Jersey suddenly went into high-speed reverse Monday morning, authorities said.
Travel-Dreamliner-Fire
A smoky fire broke out aboard an empty Dreamliner on the ground in Boston, the latest setback for the much heralded Boeing jetliner.
POL-CIA-Director (will update)
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated John Brennan, his chief counterterrorism adviser, to be the CIA's next director.
SPORT-BCS-Championship
No. 1 Notre Dame faces No. 2 Alabama in college football's championship game Monday night.
Syria-Civil-War (will update)
As regional fears of a spillover from Syria's civil war increase, Israel plans to build a fence along the border with the embattled country.
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Bahrain-Unrest
Bahrain's highest court on Monday upheld the verdicts against 13 activists convicted of plotting to overthrow the government for their role in pro-democracy demonstrations sparked by the success of popular Arab Spring uprisings.
Syria-Civil-War
As regional fears of a spillover from Syria's civil war increase, Israel plans to build a fence along the border with the embattled country.
Syria-study-al-Qaeda-group
A jihadist group with links to al Qaeda has become the most effective of the different factions fighting the Syrian regime, according to a new analysis, and now has some 5,000 fighters. The group is Jabhat al-Nusra, which was designated an al Qaeda affiliate by the United States government last month. It is led by veterans of the Iraqi insurgency "and has shown itself to be the principal force against Assad and the Shabiha," according to the study. CNN obtained an advance copy of the analysis, set to be released Tuesday by the Quilliam Foundation, a counterterrorism policy institute based in London.
Venezuela-Italy-Plane-Missing
The family of Italian fashion boss Vittorio Missoni expressed hope Monday that he might yet be found, more than three days his plane went missing off the coast of Venezuela.
Palestinian-Name-Change
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree renaming the organization the "State of Palestine," according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency.
India-Rape-Case
Amid heated confrontations between lawyers, a New Delhi court on Monday ordered the appearance of five men accused in the shocking rape and killing of an Indian woman last month to take place behind closed doors.
Northern-Ireland-Unrest
Authorities accused pro-British extremists of exploiting protests in Northern Ireland over the Belfast City Council decision to stop a century-old tradition of flying the Union Jack year-round. The protests calling for the council to reverse its ruling over the flag continued Monday evening, police said. About 400 people gathered at Belfast City Hall as the City Council met for the first time since it voted to fly the British flag only on certain days, police said. The protest, which was mostly peaceful, was organized via social media, authorities said.
China-labor-camp-reform
Hints emerged Monday that China may terminate its controversial system of labor prison camps this year.
China-journalists-protests
Crowds gathered at the headquarters of a Chinese newspaper on Monday, in support of a rare protest by journalists against alleged government censorship.
