Nancy CutlerUpdated 7:19 p.m. ET May 9, 2019 Rockland/Westchester Journal News https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/2019/05/09/jeffrey-deskovic-wrongly-convicted-law-school-graduate/1143445001/ Jeffrey Deskovic, 45, talks about his experience before taking the final test for his law degree at Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law in White Plains May 8, 2019. Tania Savayan, tsavayan@lohud.com WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – It seems both improbable and inevitable…
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Dog rescued by oil rig crew after found swimming 135 miles offshore in Gulf of Thailand
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A 2-year-old Minnesota boy’s family couldn’t afford a costly power wheelchair. These students built it for him
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Milan High junior aimed for, attained perfect ACT score
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Tennessee uses electric chair to execute double-murderer
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Carruth’s son to attend Ravens-Panthers game
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Add divorce to the list of things Millennials are killing
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Toddler’s brain damage reversed by treatment after near drowning
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Mom bathes 1-year-old son with rare skin disorder in bleach to keep him alive
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Dad says Santa Fe shooting suspect was bullied; school rejects claim
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Gay Division I football player won’t come out: ‘Not ashamed, just scared’
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‘Jeopardy!’ contestant wins more than $110K, breaks single-day record
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A pardon expert emailed me his life’s work before killing his two sons and himself
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Baby boy abandoned at recycling center is laid to rest by students
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Hippie Jack aids the ‘invisible people’ in need in Appalachia
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Newly released FBI documents reveal disturbing details about Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza
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Scientists teleport first object ever from Earth into space
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Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, dies in her sleep
USA TODAY - Jun 21, 2018 Lilly Price The beloved gorilla Koko, famous for being fluent in sign language, passed away in her sleep Tuesday in Woodside, California. The western lowland gorilla was 46. Koko was born at the San Francisco Zoo in 1971 and became the star of "Project Koko," an experiment by scientist Penny Patterson and…
Crisis of Confidence Threatens Confidence
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Vanderbilt linebacker Chris Marve tries to tackle career in law
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Jim Harbaugh moonlights as Indiana’s newest team manager
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Billy Graham’s Nephew isn’t mourning his passing
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Ex-NFL Pro Bowl players try curling with 2022 Olympic goal
Published 3:28 a.m. ET Jan. 4, 2019 - AP News Defensive lineman Jared Allen retired from the NFL in 2015 and wasn't ready to give up on the competition he'd come to enjoy as a five-time All-Pro. His solution: The Olympics. The problem: He didn't compete in any Olympic sports. Less than a year…
3 mass shootings in the past 17 months have been among the nation’s bloodiest
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‘Major, major game-changer’: Ebola spreads to big Congo city
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Single mom of five who is graduating law school with epic photos: I didn’t do this myself
Ashley May Updated 4:37 p.m. ET USA Today April 11, 2018 Ieshia Champs of Houston, Texas, posed alongside her children, ranging in ages from 5 to 14-years old, before her graduation from law school. In her cap and gown, she's holding a sign saying: "I did it!" And, wow did she ever. Champs,…
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