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Officials: 2 foreigners, 3 Afghans abducted
Officials say two foreign doctors and three of their Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped in a remote area in the extreme northeast Afghanistan. Abdul Maroof Rasikh, the spokesman for the governor of Badakhshan province, said on Wednesday that it's unclear who kidnapped the five. He says the kidnapping occurred Tuesday ...
Defense making case in Philly priest-abuse trial
The defense is taking center stage this week in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial in Philadelphia. Monsignor William Lynn is the first Roman Catholic official in the U.S. charged for allegedly helping the church bury abuse complaints. The 61-year-old Lynn is on leave from the archdiocese. The crimes stem from his ...
Prosecutor to release evidence in FAMU hazing case
Prosecutors are expected to release evidence they have against the 13 people charged in last year's hazing death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion. A state attorney's office spokeswoman says hundreds of pages of documents and audio files will be released on Wednesday. Champion died in November following what ...
West Palm Beach cab driver dies in shooting
A West Palm Beach taxi driver has died two days after being shot in the head in a robbery. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office reports that 48-year-old Madsen Paul succumbed to his wounds Tuesday. Authorities say Paul was shot Sunday by two male passengers who are accused of robbing ...
Fla. student to plead guilty to Obama threat
A Miami college student plans to plead guilty in federal court to threatening President Barack Obama on Facebook. A plea hearing is set Wednesday afternoon for 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. His attorney says he intends to plead guilty to one count of threatening to kill or harm the president. ...
NY man convicted in death of cop faces 30 years
A man convicted of manslaughter for shoving a city police officer off a stoop to his death during a domestic violence arrest last year is facing 30 years in prison. Forty-two-year-old George Villanueva also was convicted of a criminal contempt charge this month but was acquitted of a more serious ...
NY man gets prison for burning child's hands
A 31-year-old Rochester man has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for burning his 7-year-old daughter's hands on a stove last year. Pedro Cordero was sentenced Tuesday by state Supreme Court Justice Francis Affronti. Cordero admitted last month that he held the backs of his daughter's hands ...
Senator: 70 percent avoid anti-DWI device
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo (foo-SHILL-oh) says a state survey finds 70 percent of people convicted of drunken driving aren't using a required ignition interlock system that detects alcohol. The Long Island Republican and Democratic Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg are proposing laws that would boost penalties for failure to use the electronic ...
NY minister pleads guilty in child sex case
An imprisoned former church leader from upstate New York has pleaded guilty to taking a child to Florida with plans to engage in sex. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 42-year-old Joe Flowers Jr. of suburban Rochester drove the child, who was under age 15, to Orlando in 2004 and engaged ...
US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments
Uncle Sam may not want you after all. In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. And soldiers already serving ...
Police: 10 Israelis arrested for organ-trafficking
Police say they have arrested 10 Israelis over the past few weeks on suspicion they trafficked in organs. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says one of the suspects is a doctor affiliated with a Tel Aviv-area hospital. He says the alleged organ-trafficking operation was international, but didn't immediately have details about ...
Analysis: Cotton avoids anti-establishment tide
So much for the anti-establishment Republicans. Candidates who had big-name backers or plenty of money in the bank had a tough night Tuesday in the Arkansas primary. A state lawmaker supported by Democratic Party leaders finished second in an east Arkansas congressional primary to a candidate who struggled in fundraising. ...
Hawaii verifies Obama's birth records to Arizona
The state of Hawaii has verified President Barack Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a nearly three-month back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot. Speculation about Obama's birthplace has swirled among conservatives for years. So-called "birthers" maintain ...
Maui resort evacuated as cops kill suspected thief
Hundreds of guests at a beachside Hawaii resort have returned to their hotel after police shot and killed a man in the parking lot who was suspected of stealing a vehicle. Several hundred guests were evacuated after the shooting Tuesday afternoon and weren't allowed to return to their rooms while ...
WA man gets 18 years for fatal shooting of wife
A Lynnwood, Wash.-area man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing his wife with multiple gunshots on April 15, 2011. At Tuesday's sentencing, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Eric Lucas described the death of Cristy Larsen as a crime of passion fueled by anger. The victim was ...
Judge exonerates brother in sister's killing
A San Diego judge has declared a man innocent decades after he was charged with the 1998 killing of his 12-year-old sister. Judge Kenneth So made a rare court-ordered finding of innocence Tuesday at the conclusion of a hearing for Michael Crowe, which means his records will be expunged of ...
Vandals damage park in E. Wash. town
The Spokane County sheriff's office says vandals have badly damaged the Rockford City Park, with nearly every park structure being hit. Deputy Craig Chamberlin said Tuesday that the vandals took spray paint from the "Ag Building" and vandalized the inside of the structure. Park workers in the town south of ...
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