Teen who performed at inaugural events shot dead

By Catherine E. Shoichet and Ted Rowlands, CNNupdated 9:33 PM EST, Wed January 30, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Chicago mayor: "We have a responsibility to see a stop to this"Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was shot dead in Chicago on TuesdayLast week she performed in events surrounding President Obama's inauguration"Just a matter of days after the happiest day of her life, she's gone," Sen. Dick Durbin saysChicago...

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Obama: "No doubt" Congress will pass immigration, gun bills

Play VideoObama: "No doubt" gun, immigration bills will pass in coming monthsThere's more bipartisan support in Congress for comprehensive immigration reform than gun control legislation, President Obama said tonight during an interview with Univision, but qualified that even under his proposal, illegal immigrants shouldn't be harboring expectations that they'll be granted citizenship "manana." ...

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Former Police Captain Cleared of Ex-Wife's Murder

A former Ohio police captain has been cleared in the murder of his ex-wife and released from prison, where he had been for 15 years -- but prosecutors say they plan to appeal the ruling."I'm just a jumble of emotions and I just can't wait to hug all of my family," Douglas Prade told reporters outside the prison when he was released Tuesday afternoon, according to ABC News' Cleveland...

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21,227 cartons of contraband cigarettes seized

SINGAPORE: Customs officers seized 21,227 cartons of contraband cigarettes and arrested five men and a woman during islandwide operations last week.Singapore Customs said on Wednesday that the total value of the cigarettes seized was over S$2 million, while the total duty and goods and services tax (GST) evaded was S$1.8 million.Three distribution networks were disrupted.The biggest seizure...

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Report: Bus driver shot; child abducted

By CNN Staffupdated 9:30 PM EST, Tue January 29, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Man tells CNN affiliate WSFA that bus driver was shot four timesSheriff says no one has been taken into custodyIncident happened near Midland City, Alabama(CNN) -- One man was shot on a school bus in Alabama on Tuesday, the Dale County Sheriff's Office.Sheriff Wally Olson said in a written statement the suspect had not been...

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Grandson of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens dies in Texas

Updated 8:35 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas A 21-year-old grandson of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens died Tuesday after being rushed to a hospital in Fort Worth, according to police and a family spokesman. Play VideoCan Wind Aid Energy Crisis? Thomas Boone Pickens IV, who went by Ty, was a junior at Texas Christian University. Pickens' spokesman, Jay Rosser, called the death an "unspeakable family...

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Jodi Arias Borrowed Gas Cans Before Killing Ex

Accused murderer Jodi Arias borrowed two five-gallon gas cans from a former boyfriend the day before she drove to Arizona to kill another ex, Travis Alexander, according to testimony in Arias' murder trial today.In cross examination, prosecutors also forced Arias' former live-in boyfriend Darryl Brewer to describe his sex life with Arias as "pretty aggressive."Brewer, 52, dated...

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Why haven't we learned from fires?

STORY HIGHLIGHTSPyrotechnics, overcrowding, poor exits have contributed to tragic fires in recent yearsYou would think the world would have learned from past incidents, John Barylick saysConcertgoers have to be their own fire marshals, he saysEditor's note: John Barylick, author of "Killer Show," a book on the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, is an attorney who represented victims in wrongful...

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Myolie Wu seeing new mystery man

SHENZHEN, China: Hong Kong actress Myolie Wu revealed Monday that she is now seeing someone, months after she ended her eight-year relationship with actor Bosco Wong, reported Hong Kong media.When asked if she has any suitors recently, Wu told reporters "that's about right".Speaking at a hotel in Shenzhen, where she was shooting a wedding scene for her new Chinese drama "Scent of Beauty",...

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Why tackle immigration now? 'Elections,' says McCain

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: House lawmakers are also said to be working on a bipartisan immigration planNEW: President Obama will not present legislation, but call for action, during a speech TuesdayEight senators, four from each party, unveil a "first step" toward an agreement Conservatives reject the senators' plan as "amnesty"Washington (CNN) -- Millions of undocumented immigrants would get immediate...

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