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Police: South Alabama student took LSD before campus shooting

By The Associated Press October 9, 2012

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A nude University of South Alabama freshman had taken LSD and assaulted others before he chased the campus police officer who fatally shot him, authorities said Tuesday, though...

Ga. police discover human remains in concrete, buried in backyard

By The Associated Press October 9, 2012

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia police have unearthed a body entombed in concrete, stuffed inside a plastic storage container and buried in a backyard. They believe the remains could be those of a missing...

Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. Wright pleaded not guilty on charges she ran a prostitution business out of her Kennebunk Zumba studio and secretly filmed her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page)

Maine woman arrested for running prostitution ring out of Zumba studio

By The Associated Press October 9, 2012

KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — This upscale southern Maine town is known for its ocean beaches, old sea captains’ mansions and the neighboring town of Kennebunkport. But the talk of the town these...

North Korea says South Korea, U.S. are within its missile range

By The Associated Press October 9, 2012

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned Tuesday the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles, and said Washington’s recent agreement to let Seoul possess missiles capable of hitting...

Lady Gaga visits WikiLeaks chief Assange at Ecuadorean Embassy

By The Associated Press October 9, 2012

LONDON (AP) — Ecuador’s Embassy in London says WikiLeaks boss and would-be refugee Julian Assange has had a celebrity visitor: Lady Gaga. The 26-year-old American superstar singer posted a...

In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations department, Pakistani soldiers carry wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, from a military helicopter to a military hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. A Taliban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley Tuesday and shot and wounded the 14-year-old activist known for championing the education of girls and publicizing atrocities committed by the Taliban, officials said. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations Department)

Taliban gunmen shoot and wound 14-year-old Pakistani girl activist

By The Associated Press October 9, 2012

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was admired across a battle-scarred region of Pakistan for exposing the Taliban’s atrocities and advocating for girls’ education...

School bomb threat suspect pleads not guilty by waiving arraignment

By The Associated Press October 8, 2012

MONROE (AP) — A former River Oaks School teacher has pled not guilty to making bomb threats. The News-Star reports David Reyna, who remains in the Ouachita Correctional Center on a $200,000 bond,...

New Orleans, DHH initiates boil water order to fight contaminates

By The Associated Press October 8, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board has issued a boil water order for Orleans Parish’s east bank because of a loss of power at the main water plant at about 8:30 Monday...

In this Sept. 24, 2012 photo, Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, shows a Northern mole cricket he found as he collects bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La. Some of the bugs are raised to exhibit later at the insectarium, while others are shipped to museums. Much of an insectarium’s stock dies in a year or less, so the replenishment missions for local species are essential. (AP Photo/Kerry Maloney)

Audubon Insectarium hunts unique bayou bug for display

By The Associated Press October 8, 2012

DES ALLEMANDS (AP) — Whirligig beetles skittering atop the slow water of Bayou Des Allemands were the first target of an evening bug hunt for the Audubon Insectarium as scientists sought to replenish...

Alzheimer’s experimental drug shows promise in cases of mild disease

By The Associated Press October 8, 2012

BOSTON (AP) — Combined results from two studies of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug suggest it might modestly slow mental decline, especially in patients with mild disease. Taken separately,...

Sandusky, victims plan to speak at sentencing, according to lawyers

By The Associated Press October 8, 2012

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky and at least some of his victims plan to address the judge at his sentencing, a proceeding that may last less than two hours, lawyers said after a closed-door...

FILE - In this June 4, 2010, file photo, Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru. A Dutch newspaper said on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, that Joran van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year-sentence for murdering a young Peruvian woman, has impregnated a woman while imprisoned in Lima. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Imprisoned Dutch killer to become father, said test confirmed pregnancy

By The Associated Press October 8, 2012

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A newspaper reported Monday that Joran Van der Sloot, a Dutch man who is serving a 28-year-sentence for murdering a young Peruvian woman, says he is going to be a father. His attorney...