Six current and former officials charged with ripping off millions of dollars from the blue-collar Los Angeles suburb of Bell were ordered Wednesday to stand trial on fraud charges. (Feb. 16)
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Highlights of this day in history: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer gets life in prison; House lawmakers pick a president; Garry Kasparov beats IBM’s Deep Blue at chess; NBA star Michael Jordan born; The Eagles release their greatest hits. (Feb. 17)
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http://www.youtube.com/v/SzPiqxXaQYU?f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata Read more here: Police attack protesters in Bahrain
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Sixty four million people have registered to vote in Nigeria’s elections in April. The process of registering voters has been marred by violence and irregularities. And it is still thought that millions may miss out on voting. But the technology behind the registration process is being hailed as a milestone – that is because it has been developed by a Nigerian. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja, Nigeria.
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen tells the House Armed Services Committee that the US can’t afford to spend more than 4 billion dollars on an alternative engine for the Pentagon’s next-generation fighter jet. (Feb. 16)
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Volunteers filled the halls of the Humane Society of South Mississippi on Tuesday. They came to help care for some 70 puppies that were surrendered by an animal hoarder. (Feb. 16)
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Julie Schenecker, the 50-year-old woman who is charged with killing her two teenagers, pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Wednesday in Tampa, Florida. (Feb. 16)
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Protests continue in Bahrain’s capital Manama, as demonstrators gather at pearl roundabout, their own version of Tahrir Square. Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Manama reports.
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Disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff said in an interview that banks and hedge funds were “complicit” in his scheme to fleece victims out of billions of dollars. (Feb. 16)
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