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Top court won't lower Mehserle's bail

Jul. 30, 2009
The state Supreme Court has refused to lower the $3 million bail for Johannes Mehserle, the former BART policeman charged with fatally shooting an unarmed passenger in the back at Oakland's Fruitvale Station on New Year's Day. Mehserle, 27, has been free...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler