
Gang enforcer to be executed for killing woman over drug tax
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A gang enforcer convicted of beating and strangling a San Antonio woman who refused to pay a Mexican Mafia-imposed tax on her illegal drug sales is set to be executed this week.
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Montana killer bride in cliff case appeals, cites blindfold claim
A Montana bride appealing a murder conviction for pushing her new husband off a cliff said on Monday her life sentence should be overturned partly because prosecutors claimed she blindfolded her mate before he plunged to his death but failed to prove it. In court documents filed on Monday with a…
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Photos claim IS beheadings of homosexuals in northern Iraq
The Islamic State group has publicly beheaded three men in northern Iraq, two of them for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts, according to photos shared by sympathisers on social media Tuesday. The jihadist group, which controls swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria, has carried out hundreds of…
AFPFeds abandon plan to ban popular rifle ammo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid an onslaught of criticism, the Obama administration has dropped plans to ban a popular type of rifle ammunition that can pierce a police officer's protective vest if fired from a handgun, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Tuesday.
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Let me sleep: Georgia trash man gets 30 days in jail for 5 a.m. pick up
If he keeps his nose clean, sanitation worker Kevin McGill of Sandy Springs, Ga., might just make it through his 30-day sentence (to be served on consecutive weekends) for disturbing wealthy residents by picking up the trash too early in the morning – just in time to celebrate National Garbage Man…
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New York Drivers Are Very Upset
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45-Foot Yacht Washes Ashore in California
A large yacht washed up on the beach at North Island Naval base in California. Lifeguards say the ship hit the shore in the middle of a flash storm two weeks ago and was most likely worth more than $200,000.
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Forget frozen waves: 'Icebergs' wash ashore on Cape Cod
Forget frozen waves. The historic winter of 2015 — which has dumped 105.7 inches of snow in Boston, 2.2 inches shy of the snowiest ever — is leaving mini icebergs on the shores of Cape Cod.
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The man who delivered California to the U.S., and was fired for it
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But the man who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was promptly fired on his return to Washington.
National Constitution CenterMan killed skydiving into Idaho canyon from 500-foot bridge
By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Canadian man was killed on Monday when his parachute failed to open during a skydiving jump from a bridge into a canyon 500 feet below in southern Idaho, authorities said. Bryan Turner, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was one of a group…
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Chicago police: Infant dead after throat cut with power saw
CHICAGO (AP) — A 9-month-old girl is dead after a relative cut her throat with a power saw, a Chicago police official with knowledge of the investigation said Monday.
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'Michelangelo of buttocks injections' convicted of murder
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former madam who bragged of doing black-market "body sculpting" on thousands of women was convicted on Monday of murder in the death of a dancer whose heart stopped after nearly half a gallon of silicone was injected into her buttocks.
Associated PressUS envoy denounces 'reign of terror' in Crimea, east Ukraine
The top US diplomat for Europe declared that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine are living under a "reign of terror" Tuesday, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. "Even as Ukraine is building a peaceful, democratic, independent nation across 93 percent of its…
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Why Owning a Home Is More Expensive Than You Think
Before you even move in to your new home, you'll face closing costs and home inspection fees, not to mention the expense of any work you want to have done on the house, from painting to repairs, before you get comfortable. The cost of a home inspection, which can run several hundred dollars or…
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Obama announces changes for student loan repayment
By Roberta Rampton ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and manage. Obama signed a “student aid bill of rights” and spelled out an assortment of policy tweaks and projects to…
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Many young Indian women underweight, their babies too: research
By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer may be a patriarchal society that puts young women on the lowest rung of…
ReutersStealthy destroyer's delivery to Navy delayed for more tests
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Delays in installation, testing and activation of electrical systems will push back delivery of the largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy from this summer to November, officials said Tuesday.
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Ingenious Way to Pay Off Home ( It's Brilliant! )
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Don't Fall for These 5 Retirement Fallacies
For example, the 4 percent rule says you can safely spend 4 percent of your assets every year adjusted for inflation. Social Security will pay your bills. The average Social Security retirement benefit is $1,328 a month. The pundits have declared that inflation is dead, and now they worry about…
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Mother killed in Australia while on phone to husband in India
Prabha Arun Kumar, a 41-year-old IT professional, was taking a shortcut through Parramatta Park in the city's west at around 9.30pm (1030 GMT) on Saturday when she was killed. Family members told Indian media that the woman was speaking with her husband, G. Arun Kumar, at the time and he heard her…
AFPProsecutors: Girl forced to run 3 hours carrying firewood
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman charged with capital murder in the death of her granddaughter forced the girl to run for more than three hours carrying sticks and firewood as a punishment for lying, prosecutors said Monday.
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