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  • Trump uses CNN commentator to argue he should be found not guilty

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  • Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer

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  • Alberta RCMP link four Calgary murders in 1970s to American serial killer

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  • Police say two men known to each other found dead at Surrey, B.C., home

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