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Sentencing in theft of 'Idol' contestant's iPhone
A woman has been sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone while the singer was performing at a California elementary school. City News Service reports 47-year-old Bertha Alicia Avalos, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft charges Monday and was sentenced immediately. ...
Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths
Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago. James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, becoming the state's second inmate executed this year. At a clemency hearing last month, ...
3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom, child
A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" — then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said ...
Author, teacher of endangered Lakota language dies
The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters. Albert White Hat, who was instrumental in teaching and preserving the American Indian language and translated the Hollywood movie "Dances with Wolves" into Lakota for its actors, died last week surrounded by loved ones at a South Dakota hospital. ...
Dish won't submit revised bid for Sprint
Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's Softbank. Dish said that Sprint Nextel Corp.'s decision to cut Dish's due diligence process ...
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books dealing with the wars ...
Patriots TE Gronkowski undergoes back surgery
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent back surgery on Tuesday, his fourth operation this year. The latest surgery was performed by Dr. Robert Watkins and was successful, said Drew Rosenhaus, Gronkowski's agent. On May 20, the Patriots star had the most recent operation on the left forearm that ...
CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully. In an assessment that drew ...
Yankees INF Youkilis needs surgery, Teixeira to DL
They come back for a bit, then they're gone again. So it goes for the New York Yankees and many of their ailing stars this season. Kevin Youkilis needs back surgery and Mark Teixeira returned to the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with inflammation in his right wrist, the latest injury ...
House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women. The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would ...
Edward Furlong charged with assault in LA
'Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been charged with assault after a May 21 incident in which his girlfriend called police and reported he attacked her. Deputy District Attorney Linda Loftfield says Furlong pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday. Furlong already has two pending misdemeanor battery cases. He allegedly ...
Philly man finds sinkhole filled with green ooze
A man checking out a sinkhole in a street saw something unexpected inside — a pool of what looked like green ooze. Steven Reitz said Tuesday that the sinkhole opened in the Northern Liberties section of the city last week and the ooze appeared several days later. He said when ...
'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and ...
Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday is a milestone for the long-delayed project. In a statement announcing the commitment, PensionDanmark's chief executive Torben Moger Pedersen noted the fund has already invested ...
North Carolina ousts Tigers from CWS with 4-2 win
Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina. Holberton staked freshman starter Trent Thornton to a two-run lead before he even took the mound Tuesday, and No. 1 national seed Carolina ...
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