TYLER, Texas – An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to life — in matrimony. KLTV-TV (http://bit.ly/1gQzs1e ) reports 21-year-old Josten Bundy pleaded guilty on July 2 to assault with bodily injury for a February fistfight with the ex-boyfriend of 19-year-old Elizabeth …
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MADRID – Spanish police say they have sent a team of experts to the French island of Corsica to retrieve a Picasso painting owned by a Spanish banker. Authorities in Spain say the 1906 painting — “Head of a Young Woman” — is a national treasure and could not be …
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Phil Kerpen’s recent Opinion piece for FoxNews.com, “SEC joins running for worst rogue agency” is typical of the type of double-speak engaged in by the author and Americans for Prosperity. Kerpen argues that the recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruling allowing a democratic vote of shareholders, is an example …
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security and medical officials say mortar rounds fired by Shiite Houthi rebels have killed six civilians in the central city of Taiz, the country’s third largest. The security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief reporters, say Thursday’s shelling came …
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VIENNA – The Austrian prosecutor’s office is investigating an Islamic extremist on suspicion of murder after a video was posted showing him shooting a kneeling man to death in Syria. The video surfaced last week. Prosecutors’ spokeswoman Nina Bussek said Friday her office considers it genuine. Mohamed Mahmoud, the suspect, …
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LISBON, Portugal – Portuguese authorities say Mile Mrksic, a former Serb army officer sentenced by a U.N. tribunal to 20 years in prison for his part in the 1991 torture and killings of nearly 200 Croatians during the Balkan wars, has died. He was 68. The Portuguese Prison Services Directorate, …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A former governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and an ex-finance director in the U.S. Caribbean territory have been arrested on embezzlement charges. Acting Attorney General Claude Walker on Tuesday announced the arrests of former Gov. John DeJongh and Julito Francis, once a director of the islands’ …
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JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities have denied a request by a top Hamas leader to allow his three sisters in Israel to visit the Gaza Strip for his son’s wedding. The Israeli defense body COGAT said on Thursday that Ismail Haniyeh’s request was denied because of “Israeli humanitarian cases” in Gaza. …
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – A Burkina Faso court says 22 candidates have been officially registered to run in the October elections. The High Court announced the candidate list on Saturday and said it will publish the final official candidate list by Aug. 29. Transitional authorities have ruled Burkina Faso since …
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HASTINGS, Minn. – A national right-to-die group is due to be sentenced for its involvement in a Minnesota woman’s suicide in 2007. Final Exit Network was convicted of assisting the suicide of 57-year-old Doreen Dunn, plus a lesser charge of interfering with a death scene. The group faces a maximum …
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