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This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the Charlestown, W.Va., jail following his arrest during the raid at Harper's Ferry W.Va. John Brown's capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on Oct. 17, 1859 as part of a failed attempt to incite a slave uprising is seen by most historians as the spark that ignited the Civil War. They have been passed down in the family of John Boling, of Idaho, for six generations, after being obtained by a decedent shortly after Browns execution. They are expected to bring more than $10,000 when they come up for auction on June 22, 2013.

Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas. 26 minutes ago

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Medical care lags behind Afghan military growth

The young Afghan soldier lay in great pain on a cot at an army base, his uniform pants cut up to his thigh so medics could clean the wound in his right knee where he was shot fighting insurgents.

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Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race

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WORLD

India floods strand thousands; more than 100 dead

Days after floods killed more than 100 people - possibly many more - rescuers used helicopters and climbed through mountain paths to reach nearly 4,000 people trapped by landslides in a narrow valley near a Hindu shrine in the northern Himalayas, officials said Thursday.
NATIONAL

Youth leagues try to rein in 'bad news parents'

No parent here has rushed onto a playing field to jump a referee who made an unpopular call. No adult has gotten angry and slugged or pushed a coach or a young player, as has happened elsewhere. Nor have there been any of those embarrassing sideline brawls you sometimes see posted on online video...

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Victims' relatives to testify in Bulger trial

After hearing three days of testimony from a hit man who admitted killing 20 people, jurors in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger will soon get to hear from the families of some of those victims.
WORLD

Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies

Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, a religious educator who survived a brutal Gulag in Siberia and secretly taught Judaism under an oppressive Soviet regime, has died in Israel. He was 84.

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NATIONAL

Quotations of the day

"We're on the verge of doing something dramatic on the border. What we're trying to do is put in place measures that to any reasonable person would be an overwhelming effort to secure our border. This is a key moment in the effort to pass the bill." - Sen. Lindsay Graham, after key senators expressed...

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NATIONAL

Bulger trial: The hit man of Country Club Lane

He parks his silver Mercedes-Benz sedan behind his condo, below a deck decorated with white and pink flowers, where a couple of small dogs bark at the few passers-by.

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NATIONAL

Bulger trial: The hit man of Country Club Lane

Some neighbors of a former mob hit man were shocked to learn about his past during his testimony against James "Whitey" Bulger this week.

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WORLD

SKorean nuclear operator raided in cable probe

South Korea's sole nuclear operator says investigators raided its offices as part of a probe into nuclear plant cables.

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