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‘Dexter’ cuts its own throat in sappy series end

Dexter deserved better. So did “Dexter” fans, who, witnessing this Showtime drama end in a heap, were subjected to the lamest series finale since “Seinfeld.”

 
Broncos’ Von Miller tried to manipulate testing

Von Miller was caught trying to manipulate the NFL’s drug-testing system, which led to a six-game suspension that could have been longer.

 
Kenya’s vice president: Mall siege in final stage

Kenyan officials said security forces controlled nearly all of an upscale mall on Monday, two days after it was seized by members of a Somali terrorist group who invaded with guns blazing, killing at least 62 people.

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Marathon bombing suspect’s lawyers want more time

Federal authorities plan to recommend whether to seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by the end of next month and expect U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to decide early next year whether to pursue it, prosecutors said Monday.

 
Sewers clogging as consumers glom on to flushable wipes

Pre-moistened towelettes are being blamed for creating clogs in sewer systems around the country. The problem is costing some municipalities millions of dollars to dispatch crews to unclog pipes and pumps.

 
Obama: To honor victims, we ‘have to change’

Speaking Sunday, just blocks away from where the Washington Navy Yard shootings happened a week ago, President Barack Obama called on Americans not to give up on trying to change gun laws that he argued are to blame for an epidemic of violence.

 
39 dead in Kenya mall attack claimed by militants

Kenya’s president says that 39 people have been killed and more than 150 injured by armed terrorists who attacked an upscale mall in Nairobi.

 
‘I felt him breathe’: Escape from the Navy Yard

The first bang sounded distant and muffled. On the fourth floor, Bertillia Lavern assumed somebody downstairs was setting up for an event and had dropped a folding table.

 
Pennsylvania town seeks to fire police chief in gun videos

Town officials said Thursday they intend to fire a police chief suspended after he posted online videos of himself shooting automatic weapons and going on profanity-laced tirades about liberals and the Second Amendment.

 
Pope blasts abortion after decrying focus on rules

Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today’s “throw-away culture” and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them.

 
Scheme to snag iPhones leads to chaos in Calif.

An overnight campout for the new iPhone turned chaotic Friday morning when two men were arrested for fighting outside an Apple Store and a man’s plan to hire homeless people to wait in line for the coveted devices backfired, authorities said.

 
House guts funding for Obamacare, sets up showdown

Charting a collision course with the White House, the Republican-controlled House approved legislation Friday to wipe out President Barack Obama’s health care program, and simultaneously prevent a partial government shutdown.