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of terrorism to justify imprisoning people indefinitely, it was releasing dangerous people from prison to work for the CIA.
• The program was carried out in a secret facility built a few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The eight small cottages were hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and cactus.
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• HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A yearlong investigation into the Newtown school shooting has provided disturbing insights into the gunman who killed his mother and then massacred 26 other people, but it still has not provided a motive.
• Prosecutors closed the case Monday on the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting last December. Their report offered a chilling portrait of 20-year-old Adam Lanza as a loner who was obsessed with violence and bound by ritualistic behavior.
• But they were unable to answer the question that everyone has been asking since the tragedy: Why?
• "The obvious question that remains is: 'Why did the shooter murder 27 people, including 20 children?' Unfortunately, that question may never be answered conclusively," the report said.
• To try to figure out the motive, investigators said, they interviewed members of Lanza's family -- his father and brother cooperated fully -- along with teachers and others. They said they also tried within the limits of privacy laws to gather information on his medical treatment.
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• LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A winter storm that hit parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas was expected to be worse, but with temperatures creeping above freezing the outcome was less dramatic than forecasters had feared.
• Still, the severe weather could ramp back up Tuesday as it sweeps toward the East Coast, where it is poised to threaten plans for those traveling during a long holiday weekend.
• "It's just really cold. We had drizzle but no snow," said Courtney O'Neal-Walden, an owner of the Dairyette diner on U.S. 270 in Mount Ida, Ark. "You can see (ice) on

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