SANTA CLARA, Calif. – A father is suspected of killing his two children and three other relatives before taking his own life in an upscale neighborhood of Silicon Valley where the family had recently moved. Authorities were still searching Tuesday for a motive in Sunday night’s slayings, though they have …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police on Wednesday identified the remains of two women among 13 bodies unearthed during a desert excavation outside Albuquerque. Police used dental and medical records to confirm the identities of Cinnamon Elks, 31, and Julie Nieto, 23, both Albuquerque women who disappeared in 2004. Two other women …
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A bad hair day may soon be easily fixed with the pop of a pill, London’s Daily Mail reported. Australian researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have discovered a “curly hair gene,” which could lead to new hair treatments that don’t involve using damaging hot irons. The trichohyalin …
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KARACHI, Pakistan – The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a bombing against a Shiite Muslim procession in the southern city of Karachi earlier in the week that killed 44 people. The Pakistani Taliban have rarely claimed any attacks in Pakistan’s largest city, and many analysts believe the group has …
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An Ohio day care employee caught on videotape throwing a child across a room was sentenced to 180 days in jail Tuesday, Fox 8 in Cleveland reported. Surveillance video taken in March captured Marva Moore picking up a toddler at the Nickilodeon Child Care Center in North Randall, Ohio, and …
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – California police say a 15-month-old boy is in the care of Child Protective Services after ingesting methamphetamine. Santa Cruz police Capt. Steve Clark says the boy’s mother took him late Monday to a hospital, which notified police when the toddler tested positive for the drug. Clark …
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SALT LAKE CITY – The man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart has a narcissistic personality disorder but has been competent to stand trial since his 2003 arrest, a psychiatrist testified Thursday. Dr. Noel Gardner evaluated Brian David Mitchell in 2003 as part of a state case against him. …
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ROME – Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has been embroiled in a sex scandal for months, canceled his planned participation in a Catholic religious service for the remission of sins Friday after his presence was deemed problematic. Berlusconi was supposed to have attended the annual “Perdonanza,” or forgiveness observance, in the …
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NEW YORK – David Wright has been reduced to a spectator since a beanball sent him to the hospital two weeks ago. The New York Mets slugger hopes to return to the lineup Tuesday and isn’t taking any chances. He’s planning to wear Rawlings’ bulky, new S100 batting helmet if …
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VIENNA, Austria – Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, has proposed that a 150-nation conference convening in the fall ban such attacks. Iran says Wednesday’s proposal, revealed to The Associated Press by diplomats and confirmed by a senior Iranian envoy, is not linked to …
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