Autopsy shows Chicago baby dead when cut by power saw
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman is charged in the death of her 7-month-old granddaughter, who was struck in the head multiple times before having her throat cut with a power saw, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
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Malaysia Airlines Towelette Found On Western Australia Beach
An unwrapped moist towelette branded with the Malaysia Airlines logo has been found on a beach in West Australia -- and it's now being tested to see if it is the first confirmed piece of evidence from the airline's missing plane. The package was found by a couple strolling the beach near the town…
Fraternity member: Racist chant was 'horrible mistake'
DALLAS (AP) — A former University of Oklahoma fraternity member who was shown in a video chanting a racial slur has issued an apology, as have the parents of a second student.
Former corrections officer shoots man dead in NYC subway station: NY Times
(Reuters) - A former New York City corrections officer fatally shot a man in a busy Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday night, according to police and the New York Times. The 69-year-old shooter, who was not identified, got into an altercation with two men while riding the train before encountering…
Prosecutors play 911 call of girl they say was run to death
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman on trial for murder in her granddaughter's death called out the child's name time after time as the girl lay on the ground after collapsing, but didn't tell medics the girl had run for hours, according to evidence presented Tuesday.
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Samsung is spending an insane amount of money to beat Apple to the ‘next big thing’
Samsung hasn’t had the best year financially but it’s not slowing down its spending on R&D. BusinessKorea reports that Samsung spent an astonishing $13.8 billion in research and development in 2014, the single largest R&D investment in the company’s history. FROM EARLIER: A complete breakdown of…
Reality show helicopters crash during filming in Argentina killing 10 including French sports stars (7 photos)
Two helicopters carrying passengers filming a popular European reality show crashed Monday in a remote area of northwest Argentina, killing eight French citizens and two Argentines, authorities said. The helicopters crashed while flying near Villa Castelli in La Rioja province, about 730 miles…
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…
Greece says Germany owes it compensation for WWII occupation
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The radical left-led Greek government insisted Tuesday that the debt-ridden country has never been fully compensated by Germany for its brutal World War II Nazi occupation, linking the issue with Greece's fraught bailout negotiations.
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Man arrested for Arkansas murder nearly 50 years later
By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A man who was a little too chatty with a cellmate in Delaware a few years ago was arrested on Tuesday for a murder that took place nearly a half-century ago in Arkansas, authorities said. James Leon Clay, 67, was taken into custody by FBI agents in…
Jury finds Pharrell, Thicke copied for 'Blurred Lines' song
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury awarded Marvin Gaye's children nearly $7.4 million Tuesday after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father's music to create "Blurred Lines," the biggest hit song of 2013.
Mystery Surrounds 18-Month-Old Lily's Miraculous Survival
Toddler survives being trapped for 14 hours upside down in a car filling with water, but who called for help?
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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Salt Lake City First Responders Heard Mystery Voice Before Rescuing Toddler From River
Three police officers and two firemen outside Utah say they heard a mysterious voice asking for help before they knew a toddler was in a submerged car for 13 hours.
Report: Chance of mega-quake hitting California increases
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. Now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought.
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…
Merkel declines Putin's invite for World War Two commemoration in Moscow
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis, government officials said on Wednesday. "In light of the developments in Ukraine, it is impossible for Merkel to…
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Zionist Union opens lead on Netanyahu's Likud: poll
Six days before Israel votes in a snap general election, the centre-left Zionist Union opened a lead of several points over the ruling rightwing Likud party, a poll found Wednesday. Following weeks in which the two parties were more or less neck-and-neck, several polls published this week showed…
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…
What happens with Apple Watch once the battery runs out
Apple claims that the Apple Watch delivers some 18 hours of battery life, with the 42mm model being slightly more generous according to Apple’s own estimates. But that might not be enough for some smartwatch users who might use the device more than what Apple assumes in its test scenarios. In fact,…
