BAGHDAD – A homicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad during Friday prayer services, killing at least nine people, Iraqi officials said. The attacker detonated his explosives belt around noon as he waited in a line to be searched at the entrance of the mosque in Musayyib, a …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – African leaders grappled Sunday with a long-simmering crisis in Zimbabwe and a new humanitarian catastrophe in Congo, lamenting that war and conflict stand in the way of development in the world’s poorest continent. South African President Kgalema Motlanthe opened Sunday’s extraordinary summit of the Southern African …
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EUSTIS, Fla. – A rookie police officer in central Florida has been fired after supervisors learned that he Tasered a teenager at a birthday party that involved underage drinking. Eustis Police Chief Fred Cobb says 22-year-old Dan NeSmith lost his job, but the department will not charge him for shocking …
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A man temporarily extradited from the U.S. has told a court he and two other men killed at least 10 women in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. Jose Granados, 30, acknowledged to a judge on Wednesday that they killed the women from about 1993 …
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MILWAUKEE – Oprah Winfrey’s mother says she shouldn’t have to pay a nearly $156,000 debt to a high-end fashion store because store officials shouldn’t have extended credit to her. Valentina Inc. alleges that Vernita Lee of Milwaukee racked up $155,547 in purchases and interest as of July 1. The company …
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean President Lee Myung-bak believes North Korea is running “normally” under leader Kim Jong Il despite reports the totalitarian leader suffered a stroke and had brain surgery. Lee made the remark in an Oct. 18 interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, his office said …
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A bitter family dispute over property in north Georgia apparently erupted Friday when a 78-year-old man threw an explosive into a law firm that represented his son, causing a blast that killed the father and injured four people in the office. The explosion blew out windows of the two-story, colonial-style …
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A man was charged with murder after opening fire in a crowded shopping mall, killing a worker at a men’s clothing store and sending panicked shoppers scrambling for cover, police said. Police officers shot and wounded William Johnson, 42, who has been charged with murder, aggravated kidnapping …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Dubai radio station fired a South African drive-time DJ for mocking religion and impersonating God on the air, the show’s management said Wednesday. The Arabian Radio Network said in a statement Revin John had been “let go” over a sketch Monday on Virgin Radio …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country singer Lorrie Morgan has filed for bankruptcy for primarily business related debts. Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, listing her estimated liabilities ranging between $1 million to $10 million. The bankruptcy filing showed her with assets of $500,000 …
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