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Friday, January 9, 2009

Baltimore mayor indicted on theft, perjury charges

By Associated Press
BALTIMORE — Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor...
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Sitter accused of baby’s death in dryer

By Associated Press
GRETNA, La. — A baby sitter has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge alleging she put a baby in a clothes dryer so she could watch television...

Sheriff fattens wallet by underfeeding inmates

By Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama sheriff who made $212,000 in the last three years by feeding inmates what a judge said were skimpy portions was released from...

Ex-Liberian Pres. Charles Taylor’s son gets 97 years in prison for torture

By Associated Press
MIAMI — The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced today to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of its...

Parents of 6-year-old Va. driver arraigned

By Associated Press
HEATHSVILLE, Va. — An eastern Virginia couple arrested after their 6-year-old son crashed the family car while trying to drive himself to school appeared...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ala. sheriff locked up over measly jail meals

By Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — This time, somebody listened to prisoners’ complaints over lousy jail food. A northern Alabama sheriff was in federal custody...

Private funeral set for John Travolta’s son

A florist delivery worker carries a wreath of flowers at the entrance to Jumbolair Aviation Estates, where actor John Travolta and his family have a home Wednesday near Ocala, Fla.
By Associated Press
OCALA, Florida — A private funeral service is set to be held in Ocala for John...
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Hunger strikers surge to 10 percent at Guantanamo

By Carol Rosenberg / McClatchy Newspapers
MIAMI — Guantanamo captives are staging a fresh wave of hunger strikes ahead of the seventh anniversary of the controversial...
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2 hearings set for Casey Anthony cases

By Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County judge will hear arguments over whether the Orlando woman charged with killing her...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Officials: Alabama cop faked his abduction

By Associated Press
DECATUR, Ala. - The mystery of a missing Alabama cop was solved after other cops followed the missing detective’s trail...
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New Orleans DA can’t afford $15M for ex-inmate

By Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ new district attorney is warning that his office may need to file for bankruptcy protection because it can’t afford...

Heavy rain causing flooding across South

Progress Energy’s David Buckner stands near rubble from a house in the Maggie Valley area in far western North Carolina lies where it stopped after a mudslide destroyed it Wednesday morning.
By Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Heavy rain across the South on Wednesday caused flooding, school and road closures and a landslide...

Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says

By Associated Press
ATLANTA - Mississippi now has the nation’s highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Mississippi’s...

Attorney: Louisiana charges against Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright to be dropped

By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — It’s not exactly a presidential pardon, but prosecutors have agreed to drop charges filed against "W." actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Engineer: Tenn. ash spill warning signs ignored

By Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s largest government-run utility ignored two small leaks that could have provided...
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