Death Wish
Convicted killers sentenced in child’s death
District Attorney Matt Chandler, left, makes arguments in Monday’s sentencing hearing of Demetrio Salas and David Griego, for the 2005 shooting death of Carlos Perez. Seated at right are Salas, Salas attorney Gary Mitchell and Griego.
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Death threats for Maddy model agency boss
The boss of a Streatham Hill model agency which planned to hire out a Madeleine McCann lookalike has received death threats. Shona Adams, who runs Juliet Adams model agency, had hoped pitching a Maddy lookalike to movie makers could land the tot £9million per day and a 20 per cent cut for her.
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PoK in life, India in death
Jammu, Jan. 13 : An 82-year-old man who chose Pakistan over India during the 1947 conflict had his “last wish” fulfilled when he was buried beside his parents’ graves in his ancestral village in Poonch.
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Uganda: He Punched His Friend to Death for a Girl
A loud silence replaced the small talk and laughter they always enjoyed on their way back home after school.
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Sports Soundoff
This is Sports Sound Off, where you can speak your mind on anything you wish. Because of the large number of calls received, not all can be published.
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Four held over death of woman
Four men are arrested on suspicion of murdering a 77-year-old woman found in her rural Hampshire home.
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Wife-killer policeman who murdered mother-in-law feared his children would emigrate
The grandmother blasted to death by her police inspector son-in-law feared for her life after he was released on bail over the murder of her daughter, it emerged yesterday.
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Metal Blade Ink Behemoth
(Lambgoat) Metal Blade Records has officially signed Polish death metal/black metal outfit Behemoth to a North American recording contract. The group's last three releases were issued by Century Media Records in North America.
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Elizabeth Benedict: Can We Talk About Susan Sontag's Death and Then Maybe Our Own?
Sontag may help us begin public and private conversations about dying that are long overdue.
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Ex-offenders arrested over murder near hostel
· Elderly woman found battered to death at home · Sex attacker who killed in 2005 also lived at facility
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Artist gives family song to remember
We were touched to read the story of David Gossett, an 18-year-old Crest High student who had his wish come true with the help of some special people.
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Bali bombings 'in good faith'
FIREBRAND Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has defended three bombers on death row over the Bali attacks, saying they acted in good faith to defend Islam.
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Four men arrested over grandmother's murder
Four men from a hostel for ex-offenders were arrested over the murder of a grandmother who was bludgeoned to death at her cottage in Hampshire.
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A subtle but potent, very potent, tale of sex, death
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has used Barcelona as the backdrop for many of his racy, over-the-top movies. In The Enormity of the Tragedy, Catalonian Quim Monzó creates a Barcelona novel that's every bit as prurient and charged as many of Almodóvar's films. And just as Almodóvar creates deep characters despite his surreal plots, Monzó explores this book's peculiar premises by focusing on ...
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Caught on camera: Moment teenager risks death by lying on track as train hurtles overhead
A teenager with a death-wish has filmed himself lying on a railway track as a speeding train drives straight over him.
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Tributes are paid to baby boy killed by rottweiler
Mourners released dozens of pale blue balloons yesterday in tribute to a 13-month-old boy who was mauled to death by his grandparents' rottweiler dog.
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Botswana: CLLR Slams Magistrate
Ipopeng councillor, Interest David Tawele has instructed his attorneys to challenge a magistrate order directing him to attend mention for a 'non-existing charge' following the death of a 12-year-old boy last year.
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Killer policeman on bail: Mother-in-law told friends she feared he would kill her too
The grandmother blasted to death by her police inspector son-in-law feared for her life after he was released on bail over the murder of her daughter, it emerged yesterday. Traute Maxfield, 70, told friends of her terror when Garry Weddell was granted freedom as he awaited trial accused of killing his wife Sandra
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NIC as valid proof of age for EPF purposes
I wish to compliment the Ministry of Labour and the EPF Department for having decided to accept the National Identity Card as valid proof of birth when making EPF claims.
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Nigeria: How My Father Bled to Death- Monsuru, Son of Slain NURTU Boss
Sunday, 6th of January would remain very indelible in the minds of Mr. Monsuru Obadina, son of the slain Lagos State chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Saula Saka. On that fateful day, the life of his much beloved father was cut short by dare devil assassins.Monsuru had become a toast of his father having secured admission to the Ladoke Akintola University, ...
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Little Known of Suspect in Hiker's Death
The man accused of kidnapping and decapitating a 24-year-old hiker in the Georgia woods and a suspect in a Florida death was a drifter known to spend his time in parks.
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Man gets life in jail for beating family to death
A man who beat his wife and two small children to death with a baseball bat in their home in Aurora was sentenced Friday to life in prison. John La Fleche, 41, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder on Dec. 14. A [...]
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Dead cop was awaiting murder trial
THE death of a policeman awaiting trial for murder has been linked to the discovery of his mother-in-law's body near Harpenden. Mrs Traute Maxfield, 70, who was found dead at her home in The Slype, Gustard Wood on Saturday afternoon, was the mother of Garry Weddell's late wife Sandra.
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Exhibit fit for a 'King' on display at Pa. museum
GREENCASTLE, Pa. - Some of the most excited visitors to the Allison-Antrim Museum's Elvis Presley exhibit on Sunday were also the youngest. One girl fulfilled her birthday wish through the visit with her family, according to Bonnie Shockey, the museum's president.
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Excerpts: Letter by Ingrid Betancourt
English translation of excerpts from a letter by Ingrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician being held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Read excerpts from the letter in Spanish here.
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Police say dad's killing outside daughter's game was personal
likely prompted two gunmen in dark hooded sweatshirts to stalk and kill Terrell Rogers, an anti-violence activist gunned down outside his daughter's high school basketball game while taking what...
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Burglar may have killed 77-year-old
A frail 77-year-old grandmother who was battered to death in her own home may have been killed by an intruder after leaving her doors unlocked, it has emerged.
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Kin opens soldier's services
BEND -- The family of a 20-year-old Bend soldier killed Wednesday in Iraq has invited the public to attend services for him.
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Diana's butler to testify at inquest
and confidant, her devoted butler Paul Burrell, will testify today at the inquest into her 1997 death in a Paris car crash.
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Russia, UK culture row intensifies
and vowing punitive measures including restrictions on entry visas for consular officials.
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