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Sisters want brother who killed their kids spared

Jun 5, 2012

Two women are asking Mississippi's governor to spare their brother from execution, even though he killed four of their children, paralyzed another and stabbed one of the sisters.Henry ``Curtis'' Jackson Jr., 47, is scheduled to die Tuesday by injection. He killed the four children, ages 2 to 5, during a rampage that started when he went to his mother's home in Leflore County to take money from her
Libyan government retakes Tripoli airport

Jun 5, 2012

Libya's government has retaken control of the country's main airport from disgruntled militiamen who stormed the Tripoli site with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles on Monday, Libya's interim leader said.In an interview with the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera, the head of the country's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, said the airport was attacked and held for several
Canadian body parts suspect arrested in Berlin

Jun 5, 2012

A Canadian porn actor suspected of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student and mailing his body parts to Canada's top political parties was reading about himself on the Internet when he was arrested Monday at a cafe in Berlin. Canadian investigators say 29-year-old Luka Magnotta's obsessions led him to post Internet videos of his killing kittens, then a man, and finally to his arrest at the c
Syrian leader likens bloody crackdown to surgery

Jun 4, 2012

BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government’s crackdown on opponents Sunday, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is trying to save a patient.In his first speech since January, Assad appeared unmoved by scathing international criticism of his ferocious response to the 15-month-old revolt against his rule, which has killed up to 13,000 people, according to activist groups. He also denied responsibility for last week’s Ho
Nigerian plane crashes, killing all 153 on board

Jun 4, 2012

LAGOS (AP) ― A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria’s largest city, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation. The cause of the Dana Air crash remained unknown Sunday night, as firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames around the wreckage of the Boeing MD83 aircraft. Authorities could not control the crowd of thousands gathered around to see the crash site,
British queen leads jubilee flotilla

Jun 4, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee.In a colorful salute to the island nation’s maritime past, an armada of skiffs and sailboats, rowboats and paddle steamers joined a flower-festooned royal barge down a 11-kilometer stretch of London’s river. With a crowd of rain-soaked spectators estimated by organizers at 1.25 million cheering from t
U.S. pushes China on Tiananmen anniversary

Jun 4, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States urged China to free all those still jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, on the eve of Monday’s 23rd anniversary of the brutal crackdown on the protests.State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said Sunday the United States called on Beijing to do more to protect the human rights of its citizens ― a comment that could touch a raw nerve in Beijing on the sensitive anniversary.The United States “joins the international community in remember
Russia, EU tackle differences on Syria, Iran

Jun 4, 2012

SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) ― President Vladimir Putin faced a coordinated Western push Sunday to shift Russia’s stance on Syria as he hosted EU chiefs for a private dinner ahead of a summit also clouded by rifts on Iran.EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso and EU president Herman Van Rompuy will be keen to sound out Putin for any hints of a softening on either crisis following his return to the Kremlin for a historic third term.However, the ex-KGB agent stuck firmly to his refusal to back further
Japanese stores offer energy-saving products to cool down in summer

Jun 4, 2012

The key themes of this summer’s gift-giving season are “energy saving” and “bonds,” with family and friends following the aftereffects of the March 11, 2011, disaster and the subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.On Wednesday, many department stores set up special service counters for summer gifts, kicking off the sales battle for the season.Reflecting the nation’s anxiety over the possibility of power shortages this summer, department stores have added various pro
Chinese wombs for hire

Jun 4, 2012

Surrogate mother has added bonus of dodging one-child policy, as in-vitro fertilization creates chance of having twinsSurrogacy is illegal in the country, but try telling that to the increasingly wealthy Chinese who are getting others to carry and give birth to their babies.More than 25,000 children were born to surrogate mothers in China over the past three decades, with their births arranged by over 500 unlicensed agencies, according to some estimates.It is a growing phenomenon, said several a
Bomb threat caller 'needed a break'

Jun 4, 2012

Police said a worker at a Florida business sparked an evacuation of 300 employees when she called in a bomb threat because she "needed a break" from work.Investigators said they responded to Metra Electronics in Holly Hill, Fla., around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when human resources workers said they received a voicemail saying there was a bomb on the property, the Orlando Sentinel reported Friday.Offic
Boy finds dead uncle's pic in sale camera

Jun 4, 2012

The family of a 13-year-old Kansas boy who found a picture of a long-dead uncle inside a camera he bought at a garage sale said it may be a sign from beyond.Addison Logan said he bought an old Polaroid camera for $1 while he was at a Wichita garage sale with his grandmother, Lois Logan, Thursday. When they got home he removed the camera's cartridge and opened it up to discover a picture of a man
Waitress gets half-million dollar refund

Jun 4, 2012

A Cleveland waitress says she was surprised when she received a tax refund for nearly half of $1 million.Virginia Hopkins, who has been working at Johnny's Downtown Restaurant in Cleveland for 19 years, was expecting a refund of $754, but the check she received on Tuesday from the Internal Revenue Service was for $434,712, ABC News reported."I think I would have to work most of my life to earn tha
Convict’s body partly eaten by black bear

Jun 4, 2012

MCTThe body of a man convicted of kidnapping and second-degree murder was found partly eaten by a bear in southern British Columbia, authorities said.Rory Nelson Wagner, 53, had been reported missing when he didn’t return to his residence at an apartment where he had to be at night while on day parole, The (Kamloops, British Columbia) Daily News reported.Wagner’s body was found in woods southwest
Japan’s Noda to reshuffle Cabinet in bid for opposition backing

Jun 4, 2012

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will reshuffle the Cabinet Monday in an effort to win opposition backing for doubling the consumption tax, after his bid to heal a breach in the ruling party failed.“I’ll map out the scale of Cabinet changes,” Noda told reporters in Tokyo yesterday. The prime minister may bow to opposition pressure to fire Transport Minister Takeshi Maeda and Defense Minister