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AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier in exchange for Afghans held at Guantanamo
ISLAMABAD – The Afghan Taliban say they are ready to hand over a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. A Taliban spokesman, Shaheen Suhail, says U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl “is as far as I know in good condition.” Suhail
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The hit man next door: Bulger cohort’s testimony shocks neighbours in Mass.
MILFORD, Mass. – He parks his silver Mercedes-Benz sedan behind his condo, below a deck decorated with white and pink flowers, where a couple of small dogs bark at the few passers-by. It’s inside this wooded golf course community where neighbours of John Martorano learned this week that the 72-year-old they know only as a
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Man faces sentencing in OH murder case that hinged on paralyzed victim blinking to ID shooter
CINCINNATI – An Ohio man found guilty in a murder trial that hinged on a paralyzed victim blinking his eyes to identify his shooter is scheduled to be sentenced. A jury last month convicted Ricardo Woods, 35, of murder and felonious assault in the death of David Chandler who was shot Oct. 28, 2010, as
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NYC philanthropist Astor’s son, 89, to hear Thursday whether he must start prison term
NEW YORK, N.Y. – An 89-year-old heir could end up in prison after a court date on his 11th-hour bid for a new trial in a case that shook New York society. Anthony Marshall is due in a Manhattan court Thursday. He was convicted in 2009 of plundering his mother’s fortune by exploiting her mental
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4th suspect charged in Ohio enslavement case due in court; FBI says she smashed victim’s hand
CLEVELAND – The first of four suspects is due in federal court in a forced labour case alleging an Ohio woman was held captive with her child, threatened and made to do housework. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Cleveland says bond for 21-year-old suspect Dezerah Silsby will be set Thursday in the
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Investigation sought in U.S. plane crash missile-strike theory
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Former U.S. investigators want to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of a Paris-bound jet off the coast of New York City, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the flight. TWA Flight 800 crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner
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Authorities say tip led to arrest of former Calif. professor accused of child sex crimes
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A former University of Southern California professor who’s accused of sex crimes involving two children has been deported to the United States after a Mexican citizen recognized his picture in the newspaper and informed the U.S. Embassy, federal authorities said Wednesday. Walter Lee Williams, 64, will appear in a Los Angeles
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FBI chief: Drones used – rarely so far – in US for surveillance of stationary subjects
WASHINGTON – The FBI uses drones inside the United States for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are “worthy of debate,” the agency’s director said. Robert Mueller’s comments Wednesday added context on the country’s rapidly increasing use — military and otherwise — of the unmanned aerial technology that’s already raised
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Alberta Premier Redford stresses same values with U.S. over Keystone XL pipeline
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the United States and Canada share political and environmental values and must work together to become energy independent of those who do not. Redford, speaking to the Foreign Policy Association on Wednesday in New York, said until recently North American energy independence was wishful thinking. “We looked out
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Mother cat with litter of 4 kittens nurses orphaned pit bull puppy at US animal shelter
CLEVELAND – A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her “unusual little family.” The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last week when he
