Cops: 4-year-old brings nine bags of pot to school

A 4-year-old boy brought nine bags of pot to his elementary school and pulled them out during snack time, police said. A teacher at Hanover Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., alerted officials to the drug early Tuesday afternoon, according to a report in the Record-Journal.

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Medical group refuses to treat Libya prisoners 'between torture sessions'

BENGHAZI, Libya -- Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation, the group said Thursday. Amnesty Inte …

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Cops: Man hacked victim with ax, ate brain

A Florida man has been arrested on charges that he hacked to death a Connecticut man and ate the victim's eye and part of his brain. Police in Lynn Haven, Fla., said Wednesday that 35-year-old Tyree Lincoln Smith was arrested Tuesday night on a Connecticut warrant for murder. Acc …

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Students to see healthier school lunches under new USDA rules

Millions of schoolchildren in the United States will see more fruit and vegetables and less fat on their lunch plates under new U.S.

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Man, 19, accused in firebomb attacks on NJ synagogues

A 19-year-old New Jersey man is accused of tossing explosives into two synagogues, including one in Rutherford where a rabbi and his family were sleeping, prosecutors said Tuesday. Bergen County Prosecutor John L.

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Abortion doctor free on bail after being charged with murder

Lawyers for a Utah abortion doctor charged with murder for the death of a fetus in Maryland asked a judge Friday to throw out the charges, arguing she is immune from prosecution and that the state is trying to infringe upon a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. Dr.

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'Occupy' targets courthouses to protest Supreme Court decision

Hundreds of people gathered at courthouses across the nation Friday to protest a landmark U.S.

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Former Ga. teacher apologizes for slavery math lesson

ATLANTA -- The suburban Atlanta teacher who resigned after an investigation found students were given math homework with word problems about slavery has apologized. Former Beaver Ridge Elementary School teacher Luis Rivera said some of the questions he wrote were in “poor  …

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Hollywood body parts identified as retiree

  Updated 12:10 a.m. ET Saturday:  The man whose head, hands and feet were found in the Hollywood Hills was identified by police as 67-year-old retiree Hervey Medellin. Medellin was a resident of a Hollywood apartment building investigators searched earlier in the day.

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Goat on the lam since Christmas Eve found safe

A longhaired goat that ran away from a Minnesota nativity scene on Christmas Eve is finally back home after being on the lam for 25 days. The errant animal, named Curley, turned herself in when she wandered onto the farm owned by Tony Loomer and family, near Fergu …

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Trans fat ban proposed for Colorado schools

Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to require school districts to do away with margarine, vegetable shortening and other trans fats in what would be the nation’s toughest ban on unhealthy fats in school foods. The proposal comes as federal authorities are alre …

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Cops: Arrests in 2008 Long Beach homeless deaths

Updated at 7:20 p.m. ET: Police in Long Beach have arrested two alleged gang members in the 2008 murders of five transients who were gunned down in a homeless encampment near a Southern California freeway.

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What kids hear on the school playground: 'You're so gay!'

Elementary school students regularly hear and use negative comments such as “retard” or “you’re so gay” in  their schools, posing additional challenges to administrators who are increasingly trying to combat name-calling and bullying, even  …

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Damascus on edge under Assad's always watchful eye

Editor's note: Cairo-based NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin is reporting from Syria this week. Follow his updates on Twitter @Aymanm

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Afghan blamed for 9 American deaths 'acted alone'

WASHINGTON -- An Air Force investigation has found that an Afghan military officer "acted alone" when he killed eight American airmen and one American contractor last year. Investigators concluded that Afghan Maj. Gen.

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Turkey condemns Perry's 'Islamic terrorists' comments

Turkey's Foreign Ministry released a scathing statement condemning comments by U.S.

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Famine sparks suicide rumors among Mexico's Tarahumara

Mexicans are rushing aid to Tarahumara communities in the remote northern mountains after a local official announced — apparently falsely — that dozens of the Indians had killed themselves because they couldn't feed their children due to severe cold weather. Authorit …

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'So much chaos': US survivors recount horrifying moments aboard crippled Italy cruise ship

 A Connecticut mother and daughter aboard the cruise ship that grounded off the coast of Italy described a scene of chaos as passengers fended for themselves to climb aboard lifeboats. Costa Condordia passengers Maria Papa and her daughter, Melissa Goduti, blame the sh …

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Seattle man: I raised money for South Sudan tribe accused of massacre

A Sudanese refugee in Seattle says he led a fundraising effort for a tribe in South Sudan that is accused of massacring hundreds of men, women and children, as the world’s newest nation faces the prospect of a full-blown civil war. Gai Bol Tho …

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Judge: John Edwards has heart condition

Updated 6:40 p.m. ET: Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a serious health condition that requires treatment and limits on his travel, sources told NBC News on Friday.

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