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Ind. Man Who Murdered 2 Set to Be Executed in Texas

Posted 13 hours ago

The 31-year-old would be the fourth prisoner executed this year in the nation's busiest capital punishment state. [Link]

Student Arrested for Bringing Gun to School, Police Say

Posted 13 hours ago

Authorities say Freddiericka Terrell was in or near the school's auditorium when she reportedly showed the gun to a group of students during a JROTC class on Wednesday. [Link]

Cops: Ex-TSA Worker Tried Damaging Computer With Terror Info

Posted 13 hours ago

An indictment released Wednesday claims 46-year-old Douglas James Duchak of Colorado Springs tried to damage the computer after he was told his job was being eliminated. [Link]

Calif. Woman Arrested After 60 Dogs Found Inside Home

Posted 13 hours ago

An elderly woman has been arrested after animal control officers found 60 dogs in crates inside her small Lakeside home east of San Diego. [Link]

Fake Dentist Charged With Shooting Death of Patient

Posted 13 hours ago

A Russian-speaking immigrant who police say may have been practicing dentistry without a license for years in Oregon has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man believed to be a patient. [Link]

Arrests at Meatpacking Plant After Immigration Sweep

Posted 15 hours ago

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Greg Palmore says they were arrested Tuesday at Fremont Beef for immigration violations. [Link]

California Sex Offender With Post Office Job Reassigned

Posted 15 hours ago

A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area with many children. [Link]

UK

Patchy picture on school places

Posted 5 minutes ago

Most families in England were given their first choice of secondary school - but the picture is varied. [Link]

Is this the UK's most ignored and lucrative speed camera?

Posted 6 minutes ago

A temporary speed camera on the M6 in Cumbria catches out more than 5,500 drivers in just five weeks. [Link]

Doherty banned over road crash

Posted 15 minutes ago

Musician Pete Doherty is banned from driving after admitting allowing his manager to use his car without insurance. [Link]

Life for stabbing friend in heart

Posted 16 minutes ago

A judge tells a man he must serve at least 18 years for stabbing his friend in the heart in a street fight. [Link]

Tyrone Crystal factory is closing

Posted 34 minutes ago

The Tyrone Crystal factory near Dungannon is to close with the loss of 31 jobs, after 40 years in existence. [Link]

Pink Floyd win EMI court battle

Posted 37 minutes ago

EMI are no longer allowed to sell individual Pink Floyd tracks online, the High Court rules. [Link]

Underground to axe up to 800 jobs

Posted 39 minutes ago

London Underground (LU) is to axe up to 800 jobs under plans to make savings of £16m a year, the company has announced. [Link]

 

Canada

Bingo halls turn to tech to stem decline

Posted 3 hours ago

Bingo has been declining in popularity over the past few decades, mainly because of competition from other games of chance and a smoking ban. But operators of charity bingos are pushing to modernize the game to attract a younger crowd. [Link]

Tories, Liberals hold steady in EKOS poll

Posted 3 hours ago

The resumption of Parliament last week hasn't given a significant boost to any of the federal political parties, according to new polling data from EKOS. [Link]

9/11 image on poster 'bad taste': Sask. NDP

Posted 10 hours ago

Saskatchewan's opposition New Democratic Party is slamming an advertisement distributed in a government-held constituency announcing a fundraising dinner that includes an image of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in flames and refers to a pig roast. [Link]

Passengers held up flight to watch hockey

Posted 10 hours ago

Travellers the world over know the pains of flight delays due to fog, weather, late pilots or just plain busy airports. But how about a delay due to a hockey game? [Link]

Villanueva mother breaks down at inquest

Posted 11 hours ago

The mother of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva breaks down during the coroner's inquest into her son's shooting by Montreal police. [Link]

MPs approve federal budget

Posted 11 hours ago

The House of Commons has voted to support the federal budget. [Link]

2 listeriosis cases investigated in Ont.

Posted 11 hours ago

Health officials in Ontario are investigating two cases of listeriosis that appear to be linked to salami recalled from stores in Ontario and Quebec about three months ago. [Link]

Australia

US, Croatian terrorism suspects in court

Posted 17 minutes ago

TWO suspected terrorists involved in a plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist depicting Prophet Mohammed with a dog's body will be in court today. [Link]

Gurshan's bereft mother asks why he died

Posted 2 hours ago

THE toddler's mum says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little boy. [Link]

Detention centre riot charges 'vindictive'

Posted 5 hours ago

CALL for charges against asylum seekers to be dropped because there was no property damage. [Link]

'Meow' drug causes hypnotic trance

Posted 5 hours ago

A DRUG that caused one teen to tear off his scrotum is being smuggled into Australia in toys. [Link]

Autistic children put in cage

Posted 6 hours ago

A SCHOOL that pens children with autism in a fenced area may be breaching human rights. [Link]

Fake ASIO spy jailed over $150k con

Posted 7 hours ago

A MAN who convinced his new wife he was an ASIO spy before emptying her accounts and fleeing the country has been jailed for four and a half years. [Link]

Cop threw bed during clash, court hears

Posted 8 hours ago

A man who was awarded $300,000 after being assaulted by police may have been accidentally hit by a bed rather than deliberately bashed with a baton. [Link]

 

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