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Nation & World: Study shows Zimbabwe worst city to live in excluding war zones

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September 1, 2011

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A top research group rated Zimbabwe's capital as the worst of 140 world cities to live in on Thursday. The British-based Economist Intelligence Unit said its researchers excluded...

Nation & World: 13 people including doctors accused of health care fraud in Puerto Rico

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September 1, 2011

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thirteen people including three doctors have been indicted for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a statement Thursday from the U.S. Attorney's Office. The...

Nation & World: Belle Chasse man receives 17-year prison sentence in bribery case

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September 1, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A businessman convicted of bribing two New Orleans city officials for millions of dollars in City Hall contract work has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison. U.S District...

Nation & World: Two Rhode Island teens who visited vampire grave die in crash

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September 1, 2011

EXETER, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police say two girls who visited the grave of a 19th-century teen rumored to have been a vampire were killed after their car missed a turn on Purgatory Road...

Bissau president leaves for medical checkup amid health speculation

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — A spokesman for President Malam Bacai Sanha said that the leader has been taken to neighboring Senegal for a medical checkup. Agnelo Regala told The Associated Press...

Tangipahoa school desegregation compromise offered in federal court

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Tangipahoa Parish School Board and plaintiffs in the 46-year-old desegregation lawsuit have filed a compromise in federal court more than six weeks after coming to an agreement. The...

Judge blocks NM administration’s plan to verify immigrant licenses

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has blocked Gov. Susana Martinez's administration from requiring some immigrants to recertify their driver's licenses and verify if they still live in the...

Number of hospital visits from NO fire lessens Wednesday

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Smoke from a swamp fire is blowing over Lake Pontchartrain instead of New Orleans. City health commissioner Karen DeSalvo says that apparently cut the number of emergency room...

Ethiopia arrests two politicians after interviews with rights group

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Amnesty International researcher says Ethiopian officials arrested two opposition politicians after group members interviewed them about politically motivated arrests. Researcher...

Reputed Jamaican drug kingpin pleads guilty in NYC, gets 23 years

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Jamaican drug kingpin described by U.S. authorities as among the world's most dangerous drug dealers pleaded guilty to racketeering and assault charges Wednesday, admitting...

Chile’s first lady says miners won’t be abandoned, will receive benefits

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2011

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's first lady on Wednesday reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won't abandon them, a day after she announced early retirement benefi ts for just under...

Haitian police spokesman says kidnappers released American man

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian police say a U.S. citizen kidnapped last week from his home in the capital has been freed. Police spokesman Frantz Lerebours says the kidnappers of Frank Jean-Baptiste...