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• Protest erupts after all-white jury acquits ex-Houston cop over teen's beating

  HOUSTON -- The day after an all-white jury acquitted a former Houston police officer for his role in the beating of a 15-year-old African American burglary suspect, community activists rallied a crowd of at least 200 people on the courthouse steps to protest.

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• 6 shot, 3 dead, in Louisville, Ky.

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• Florida mother kills 4 children, then herself, deputies say

  Updated at 6:20 p.m. ET: A Florida mother killed her four children and then shot herself Tuesday morning as Brevard County, Fla., deputies closed in on her Port St. John home, authorities said.

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• Obama: 'I think same-sex couples should be able to get married'

    Updated 4:50 p.m. ET- President Barack Obama endorsed the right of same-sex couples to marry on Wednesday, a landmark pronouncement made in light of mounting pressure from gay rights advocates. Obama became the first U.S. president to back the right of gay and lesbian cou …

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• Six-term Senate veteran Lugar defeated in Indiana primary

  Updated at 9:50 p.m. ET:  Republican foreign policy elder statesman Sen. Richard Lugar, 80, first elected to the Senate in 1976, was defeated in the Indiana primary Tuesday by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who was backed by conservatives ranging from the National Rifle  …

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