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OMAHA, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Hundreds of pages of transcripts and reports detail the troubled life of the young man who killed eight people at a Nebraska mall before killing himself.

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A New York man convicted 17 years ago of killing his parents was released on $1 million bail Thursday morning while he waits for a new trial.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Just over one-third of U.S. adults who have watched online video report watching a political video, a Harris Poll found.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Naturalists who do field work on the border between the United States and Mexico are increasingly wary of drug and people smugglers.

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- North Korean officials' persistent denial of a uranium enrichment program is blocking its denuclearization, the South Korean foreign minister said Thursday.

ROME, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An Italian prosecutor has issued warrants for the arrest of 140 former military and intelligence chiefs in seven South American countries.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Although no group had claimed responsibility for Thursday's assassination of Benazir Bhutto, suspicion turned to Islamic extremists in Pakistan.

DETROIT, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Detroit police have what appears to be the lowest homicide clearance rate of any major city department in the country, The Detroit Free Press reports.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An international human rights group Thursday warned the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto could threaten Pakistan's transition to democracy.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who ended a long self-imposed exile in October, died Thursday of gunshot wounds following a political rally.

GAZA, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Three militants were killed Thursday in central Gaza after firing on Israeli forces.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A man in New Zealand was lucky to be alive after a Christmas Day encounter with one of the world's most poisonous snakes.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Thomas Morgan III, a former New York Times reporter who helped build the National Association of Black Journalists, has died at the age of 56.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The United States reportedly signaled support for secret talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan following the expulsion of two European diplomats.