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Theaters all along New York City's famed Broadway dimmed their lights Wednesday in remembrance of acclaimed stage and screen actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday at age 46.
A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she had promised to marry was executed in Texas on Wednesday evening.Suzanne Basso, 59, was put to death by lethal at 6:26 p.m. CT, the Texas Department of Corrections said.She was only be the 14th woman executed in the U.S.
A nurse walking in the parking lot of a northwest suburban Chicago hospital was fatally struck by a snow plow Wednesday, police said.A red 2012 Ford F-450 truck with a snowplow attached was backing up in a parking lot around 5:30 a.m.
Federal regulators are proposing fines against three oil companies, alleging that they shipped dangerous crude oil mislabeled as a less hazardous type of petroleum.
