Woman gets life for killing husband with hammer
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman convicted of fatally beating her husband with a hammer will spend the rest of her life in prison, a judge ruled Friday as he denied her request for a chance at parole after serving 25 years.
Melanie Griffith files to divorce Antonio Banderas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Melanie Griffith filed for divorce Friday from Antonio Banderas, her husband of 18 years.
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For the first three rounds of the playoffs, LeBron James ran roughshod over the competition, barging through defences like child's play and picking up field goals like they were on sale at bargain prices. So the Miami Heat was shocked when the two-time reigning NBA finals Most Valuable Player was…
Report: Freed Taliban Commander Vows To Return To War Against US
The deepest concerns of critics of President Obama’s decision to release five Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl may be coming to fruition. One of the commanders, Noorullah Noori, has plans to return to Afghanistan to resume fighting against the…
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Barrel bombs risk becoming answer to insurgency
WASHINGTON (AP) — In desperate efforts to gain ground on battlefields, frustrated governments in the Mideast and Africa are using barrel bombs against their enemies — launching the cheap, quickly manufactured weapons as a crude counter to roadside blasts and suicide explosions that insurgents have…
Why Queen Elizabeth II was marked by WWII
PARIS (AP) — Though Queen Elizabeth II has cut back on making foreign trips, the 88-year-old British monarch traveled to France for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. And it's little wonder: she lived and lost through World War II and it marked her life more than many.
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A man who completed a cross country drive to Michigan from Arizona with a dead woman in his van will not face charges for failing to report her death immediately, police in suburban Detroit said on Friday. Ray Tomlinson, 62, told police he had determined that the woman, a friend who had signed…
The D-Day landings, 70 years later: Then and now (34 photos)
On June 6, 1944, allied soldiers descended on the beaches of Normandy for D-Day - an operation that turned the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis, marking the beginning of the end of the conflict. Today, as many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the…
High School Surprises Janitor With $1,900 So He Can Visit His Granddaughter for the First Time
There are a number of ways that a student body marks the end of a school year. But instead of reflecting back on their own accomplishments, students at Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg, Ky., decided to shine the spotlight on someone else.
China reclaiming more land in disputed Spratly Islands (11 photos)
China has been reclaiming more land to bolster its military presence in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, where its increasing assertion of its territorial claims has brought it into standoffs with its neighbors, Philippine officials said Thursday. (AP) Find more news related…
Black Friday as World Cup casualties mount
France star Franck Ribery was ruled out of the World Cup as fears of burnout mounted over a lengthening list of players who will miss the tournament through injury. Ribery's withdrawal came after the Bayern Munich winger pulled up in pain with a back injury at France's Clairefontaine training camp…
Man angry after police break into and damage his truck over dubious marijuana suspicion
The Tampa Police Department says the search was legal, if not "typical."
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By Alister Doyle BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Rising sea levels have washed the remains of at least 26 Japanese World War Two soldiers from their graves on a low-lying Pacific archipelago, the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands said on Friday. It's that serious," Tony de Brum told reporters on…
Florida man paints American flag on house to protest city citation
A Florida man who feels he is being unfairly treated by local code enforcement officials has mounted an unusual protest - he painted his house like the American flag. This is still America," said Brent Greer, who lives in Bradenton, Florida. Greer is upset that city code enforcement officers…
Partygoer shot when he returns to wrong Las Vegas house
A man who briefly left a birthday party at a nearby home and thought he was returning to the celebration but went to the wrong house in Las Vegas was shot by the homeowner who objected to the late-night intrusion, local media reported on Friday. The shooting victim was hospitalized after the…
Indiana man left dead in living room since last July: coroner
An Indiana woman is under investigation after her husband's corpse was left in their home for more than nine months and fed on by birds, authorities said on Thursday. Gerald Gavan Jr., 89, whose body was found on May 3 on the living room floor of his house in Lafayette, Indiana, had been dead since…
Apparent allergic reaction kills woman on Grand Canyon rafting trip
A Seattle woman passed out and died from an apparent allergic reaction while on a rafting trip this week on the Colorado River in Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park, park officials said on Thursday. Kathy Newman, 54, died on Tuesday evening after companions called for help by satellite phone and…
North Korea says it is holding an American tourist
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has detained a 56-year-old man from Ohio, accusing him of an unspecified crime after he traveled to the communist-led country as a tourist, the nation's state news agency and the man's family said. The North is now holding three Americans.
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