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Canadian body parts suspect arrested in Berlin

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

BERLIN (AP) - 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...

Emergency crews search for dead after Nigerian plane crash kills 153

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a smoldering neighborhood near the Lagos airport Monday after...

Costner sued by fellow actor over $18M BP deal

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Kevin Costner's attorney claims his client's fame is the only reason why a fellow actor, Stephen Baldwin, sued him over their investments in a device used to try to clean up BP's oil...

McCartney will perform at Olympic opening ceremony

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

LONDON (AP) - Paul McCartney has confirmed an Olympic-sized rumor, saying he'll be the closing act at the London 2012 opening ceremony. Earlier this year the former Beatle disclosed that he was in talks...

$3.4B school funding plan gets final passage

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

(AP) - The Louisiana House gave final legislative passage Monday to a $3.4 billion elementary and secondary school spending plan, without reaching the number of votes usually needed to approve a bill. House...

Forrest resigns as assistant LSU basketball coach

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

(AP) - Shawn Forrest has resigned his position as assistant coach for the LSU men's basketball team. Head coach Johnny Jones said Monday that Forrest was leaving for personal reasons. Forrest joined the...

Difficult jury selection to begin for Sandusky trial

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2012

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Picking 12 people to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate in the child-molestation case that brought down coach Joe Paterno and scandalized Penn State could prove a monumental task in a...

Penn State University trustee: 400 interviewed in Sandusky inquiry

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Former FBI director Louis Freeh and his team have conducted more than 400 interviews in the internal investigation spurred by child sexual abuse charges against former Penn State...

Jobs’ death caused by respiratory arrest from cancer

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

Jobs death caused by respiratory arrest, cancer By BROOKE DONALD and RACHEL METZ - Associated Press Writers | AP - Mon, Oct 10, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate made public...

Dictator Moammar Gadhafi gunned down in hometown battle

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

SIRTE, Libya (AP) - Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Oct. 20 as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and...

GOP leaders start to rally around Romney as presidential candidate

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee. With Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich...

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal easily wins re-election

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Oct. 23 easily coasted to a second term, winning in a landslide election after failing to attract any well-known or deep-pocketed opposition. The...