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Venezuela to arrest 8 suspects in student's murder

AP — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:57:19 +0000

A Venezuelan court has issued arrest warrants for eight suspects in the killing of a student leader who helped organize protests against constitutional amendments proposed by President Hugo...

Iraqi journalist killed in Kirkuk

AP — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:08:35 +0000

A Kurdish journalist was gunned down in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said. A New York-based journalists’ group said Saturday it was the 136th killing of a reporter since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq five years...

Police blame Mich. townspeople for moose's death

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:29:59 +0000

An adult moose was shot and killed Monday when it became agitated after curious onlookers followed it around a Michigan town and authorities decided the animal posed a safety risk, police...

Stepbrother charged in upstate NY girl's slaying

AP — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:00:35 +0000

A man was charged Tuesday in the strangling death of his 11-year-old stepsister who was starved by her parents and slept a locked room inside an upstate NY house filled with garbage and more than 100 cats, police...

Charges remain for NY soldier accused of killing 2

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:49 +0000

A military judge has refused to dismiss charges against a soldier from New York who is accused of killing two Army officers by detonating a bomb in Iraq.

Pahokee plays for "Pooh"

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:18:41 +0000

Norman Griffith wished with all his heart this would be like the dozens of times before he sat with family in the stands, awaiting Norman Jr. and his Pahokee High teammates to joyously take the...

Officials: 2nd teen arrested in athlete's death

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:59:51 +0000

Authorities say they’ve arrested the teen who fatally shot Pahokee football player Norman Griffith Jr.

Judge orders Syria to pay families of hostages

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:23:03 +0000

A federal judge has ordered Syria to pay more than $400 million to the families of two American men kidnapped and decapitated while working as civilian contractors in...

California activist found slain in New Orleans

AP — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:21:09 +0000

New Orleans police said Thursday they are investigating the slaying of a 25-year-old San Francisco community activist found shot in the head in a hurricane-battered part of the...

NY officer kills self after fatal stun gun case

AP — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:49:26 +0000

A police lieutenant committed suicide Thursday, days after he ordered another officer to fire a stun gun at a naked, distraught man who then fell to his death, police...