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In this July 17, 2015, file photo, a car drives by HitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot in Marblehead, Mass. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment say someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair on Saturday, Aug. 1, ending its brief American tour. The robot was trying to travel cross-country after successfully hitchhiking across Canada last year and parts of Europe. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

HitchBOT’s creators mull rebuild after hitchhiking robot meets demise in Philadelphia

By Charmaine Noronha - Associated Press

Frustration grows over $3.4B settlement delay

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 28, 2003 file photo, radical Muslim cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa prays in a street outside his Mosque in north London. Mustafa faces charges he conspired to support al-Qaida by trying in 1999 to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore., and by helping abduct two American tourists and 14 others in Yemen in 1998. Jury selection for his terrorism trial begins in New York on Monday, April 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

American identifies cleric in US terrorism case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Funeral set for upstate NY officer killed on duty

Associated Press

Man kills New York officer with his service weapon

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In this photo taken April 16, 2008, and provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, geologist Jim Kilburn, now retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, collects soil from Kansas. The federal government sent students and scientists to more than 4,800 places across the nation to collect soil that was analyzed for its composition. The results are now highly sought after by researchers in a wide variety of fields. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)

National soil collection may unlock mysteries

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Woman found slain in Bedford, man she dated sought

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Gay marriage opponent decries fed judge’s ruling

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Might D.C.’s all-local NewsChannel 8 go national?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sony fined in UK over PlayStation cyberattack

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD - Associated Press

RIM delays release of upgraded tablet software

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press