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Philippines to deport U.S. Marine facing murder trial after sentence

The Philippine Immigration Bureau has ordered the deportation a U.S. Marine once his trial and possible sentence for the murder of a transgender Filipino woman a year ago are over, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, who is being held at a U.S. facility at an army base in Manila, has been charged with the murder of Jennifer Laude, who was found dead on Oct. 11

Power line opponents give renewables their Keystone moment

Dave Ulery was set to build his “forever home” on his family’s 26-acre property near the Ozark mountain foothills in Arkansas when a knock on the door heralded trouble. The visitor represented Clean Line Energy Partners LLC, a Texas company established to build transmission lines for carrying wind and solar power. The news “put us in limbo,” says Ulery, a 34-year-old construction business owner who since that day has been

Police probe family deaths in Phoenix lake as murder-suicide

Early on Sunday, Glenn Edward Baxter, 27, “took deliberate actions” when he drove his family into the lake, the Tempe Police Department said in a statement on Monday. Police said officers who arrived first and witnesses jumped into the lake to rescue the family. It said the four family members were unconscious and taken to a hospital, where they died.

Democrat Webb weighing possible independent bid for White House

Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb is considering an independent bid for the White House, and will hold a news conference about his candidacy on Tuesday, his campaign said on Monday. Webb, a former U.S. senator from Virginia, has lagged behind front-runner Hillary Clinton and her chief rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, in opinion polls, along with former Maryland Governor Marin O’Malley and former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chaffee.