LAKE HAMILTON, Fla. – A Florida man was arrested after allegedly going on a violent rampage after a minor fender-bender, slashing and stabbing the occupants of a car, then running over and killing a woman who had been riding in another nearby vehicle. Casey Weldon Till, 26, of Haines City, …
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DANBURY, Conn. – A former U.S. Olympic official has asked a Connecticut court for a special form of probation that could lead to dismissal of child pornography charges. John Krimsky was charged in December with promoting a minor in an obscene performance, possession of child pornography and attempted possession of …
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LONDON – Three men charged in connection with alleged threats to assassinate Britain’s prime minister appeared in court for the first time Friday. All were ordered to be held until their next appearance at City of Westminster Magistrates Court. Ishaq Kanmi, 22, of Blackburn, England, was charged with soliciting murder, …
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Bill Murray landed in Chicago on Friday like he never had before — by jumping from an airplane 13,500 feet up. The 57-year-old actor took several deep breaths before stepping out the open doors of a C-31 Fokker and dropping at about 120 mph to the city’s lakefront with members …
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Two years after the fact, actress Cynthia Nixon said she successfully battled breast cancer. Nixon, who reprises her role as attorney Miranda Hobbes in the “Sex and the City” movie (which hits theaters on May 30), said she was diagnosed when she was in the off-Broadway show “The Prime of …
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LOS ANGELES – Apple Inc. says a new consumer study shows its iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S. Apple said Thursday consumer surveys conducted by market research firm The NPD Group show iTunes’ music sales …
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PHILADELPHIA – The nights are warmer, but homeless people are still spending nights in three all-night drop-in centers started as cold-weather havens in Philadelphia. The city has agreed to continue funding the “overnight cafes,” even though they were scheduled to close for the season on Monday. They don’t have beds, …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The Indonesian government has as message for YouTube regarding its posting of a controversial anti-Islamic film by a Dutch lawmaker: Remove it or else. Mohammad Nuh, Indonesia’s information minister, said Tuesday that the Indonesian government would block YouTube if its administrators refused to remove Geert Wilders’ “Fitna” …
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ODESSA, Texas – One person was injured and another 150 evacuated their homes Thursday as firefighters battled a 50-acre wildfire in West Texas that destroyed at least five homes. Several area fire departments responded to the blaze, said Andrea Goodson, a spokeswoman for the city of Odessa. Also on scene …
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DAKAR, Senegal – More than 50 school children underwent hospital treatment Friday after developing what educators called mass hysteria, marked by fainting and screaming. Firefighters immediately shut down Dakar’s Lamine Gueye Secondary School and Senegal Minister of Education Moustapha Sourang ordered an investigation. “It’s the first time that I have …
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