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TORONTO – Police who posted surveillance video from a murder scene on the wildly popular YouTube site have been rewarded — a suspect has turned himself in. Two weeks after the 72-second clip on the video-sharing giant drew international attention from as faraway as Singapore, George Gallo, 24, turned himself …

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped sharply for a second straight week, pushing total claims down to the lowest level in two months. The Labor Department reported that 304,000 newly laid off workers filed claims for jobless benefits last week, a drop of 20,000 …

AUSTIN – The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train, officials said. Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn …