BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The Catholic and Protestant leaders of Northern Ireland’s coalition government jointly pledged to crush Irish Republican Army dissidents in an exceptional show of unity Tuesday after the third killing in two days claimed by an IRA splinter group. The Continuity IRA said in a message to …
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AUSTIN, Texas – A guard at a Texas prison has been fired for “reckless endangerment” after a convicted sex offender escaped with a loaded pistol that had been smuggled to the inmate. Officials also say all state prisons will also go through an accelerated security review. Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman …
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NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors expect the former chief financial officer for disgraced financier Bernard Madoff to plead guilty Tuesday to criminal charges. Frank DiPascali, long rumored to be cooperating with authorities, agreed to enter the plea in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said Friday in a letter to a …
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STUART, Fla. – A South Florida hospital that quietly chartered a plane and sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala over the objections of his family and legal guardian did not act unreasonably, a jury ruled Monday. Health care and immigration experts across the country have closely …
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NEW YORK – I’m typing this in between perusing Facebook, trying (and failing) to master a guitar-simulation game and listening to Internet radio on my smart phone. And no, I’m not using an iPhone. I’m using a BlackBerry Curve 8900 to try out the recently rolled out BlackBerry App World. …
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Barbie is making her Kentucky Derby debut in style. Churchill Downs says it’s teaming with toy maker Mattel to create the Kentucky Derby Barbie doll. Churchill said Thursday the doll will wear a floral sun dress, faux pearl necklace and spring sandals, topped with an oversized white …
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – A judge temporarily barred a Philadelphia woman from prolonging her husband’s life with a feeding tube, which his daughter claims is contrary to his wishes. Like the federal court battle over the removal of Terri Schiavo’s (search) feeding tube in Florida, the Bucks County Court case of …
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WASHINGTON – Graco Children’s Products Inc. (search) , a unit of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL), has agreed to pay a record $4 million penalty for failing to report problems with car seats, high chairs, strollers and other products that resulted in hundreds of injuries and at least six deaths. The …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the case of six men sentenced to death for raping a woman on orders from a village council, following two conflicting rulings by lower courts in the high-profile case. The men were sentenced to death in 2002 after elders ordered …
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – It’s hard to forget the face of a fallen soldier. Imagine the impression created by 1,483 of them. Portraits of American servicemen and women killed in Iraq (search) go on display Thursday on a 200-foot stretch of wall in Syracuse University’s (search) Shaffer Art Building. The 5-by-7-inch …
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