FRESNO, Calif. – A judge on Wednesday sentenced the patriarch of a cult-like clan to death for killing nine of his children, many of whom were born of incest and sexual abuse. Jurors had recommended the death penalty on June 29, after convicting Marcus Wesson (search) of nine counts of …
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11 January
Body of Missing SEAL Found in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – The body of a missing U.S. commando has been located in eastern Afghanistan (search), the military said Monday, bringing an end to the desperate search for the last member of an ill-fated, four-man special forces unit that disappeared last month. One of the four men was rescued …
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11 January
Ex-Enron Exec Lea Fastow Leaves Halfway House
HOUSTON – The wife of former Enron Corp. (search) finance chief Andrew Fastow (search) was released Friday from a halfway house, ending a year’s prison term for failing to declare her husband’s illegal kickbacks as income, her attorney said. Lea Fastow (search) left the center shortly after midnight and was …
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11 January
London Goes From Olympic Joy to Shock
LONDON – The newest Olympic city went from a scene of triumph to a triage area. Still euphoric over its big victory to host the 2012 Summer Games (search), London was hit by a series of deadly explosions Thursday that rocked its subway, tore open a packed double-decker bus and …
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10 January
Canadian Cattle Arrive in U.S. After Ban Lifted
WASHINGTON – The first new shipment of Canadian cattle rolled into the United States on Monday, four days after a federal appeals court ended a two-year-old ban originally instituted because of mad cow disease (search). Thirty-five black Angus cattle crossed the border around noon at Lewiston, N.Y., near Niagara Falls, …
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10 January
Fighting Crime the Dotcom Way
NEW YORK – Across the country, some communities are putting more crime-fighting responsibility in the hands of citizens — not with the traditional CB radio and nightstick, but with a mouse and keyboard. Los Angeles County is the latest area to put a digital spin on crime prevention, launching a …
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10 January
Cold With Green Snot? Sorry, No Antibiotics
It’s official: Antibiotics do more harm than good for people with common colds. That’s true even if you have what doctors call “purulent rhinitis” — what kids call “green snot.” Antibiotics are great for bacterial infections. Unfortunately, viruses cause nearly all colds. Viruses don’t mind if you take antibiotics, but …
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10 January
Pregnant Woman Missing More Than a Week
PHILADELPHIA – A pregnant woman who was last seen July 18 remains missing, police said Wednesday. LaToyia Figueroa (search), 24, of Philadelphia (search), also has a 7-year-old daughter, whom friends and relatives said she would never abandon voluntarily. Figueroa was very responsible and never missed shifts at her restaurant job …
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10 January
Contest Honors World's Worst Writers
SAN FRANCISCO – A man who compared a woman’s anatomy to a carburetor won an annual contest that celebrates the worst writing in the English language. Dan McKay (search), a computer analyst at Microsoft Great Plains in Fargo, N.D., bested thousands of entrants from North Pole, Alaska to Manchester, England …
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10 January
Jungle Jack Hanna
This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” July 20, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “On the Record” weeknights at 10 p.m. ET GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Tonight we have some very special visitors here at “On the Record.” Jungle Jack Hanna (search), the director emeritus …
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