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Texas Family Loses Second Military Son Overseas

LUBBOCK, Texas – One of two brothers who died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan committed suicide, family and military officials said Thursday. Army Spc. Andrew Velez, 22, died last month in Afghanistan, a little more than a year after his older brother, Cpl. Jose “Freddy” Velez, 23, was killed …

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Federal Officials Still Don't Know Cause of Landing System Failures at LAX

LOS ANGELES – Federal officials said Tuesday they do not know what is causing a critical instrument landing system to fail at Los Angeles International Airport. The system, a beacon that guides planes to one of the airport’s runways, has shut off twice within a week, most recently for about …

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Photos Taken by Suspected Serial Killer Produce Lead in '83 Disappearance

LOS ANGELES – Authorities investigating a suspected serial killer said they got at least one promising lead after releasing photos he took of nearly 50 girls and women. A young woman in the pictures strongly resembles a woman who disappeared in 1983 from a Florida bar, they said. The lead …

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