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Murder suspect readied new attack, French Jewish leader says

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

TOULOUSE, France (AP) - A French Jewish leader says the gunman suspected in seven recent killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida was about to strike again. Marc Sztulman of Jewish group CRIF said...

Seattle lawyer arrives to meet Afghan killings suspect

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A Seattle defense attorney arrived at Fort Leavenworth on Monday to meet with an Army staff sergeant who is suspected of carrying out a nighttime attack on two Afghan villages...

Vandals attack Jewish cemetery in Poland with anti-Semitic sentiments

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Vandals have desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Poland, spraying swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on tombstones and memorial plaques, an official said Monday. The vandals also wrote...

NY Mets owners agree to pay $162 million in Madoff-related case

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Mets owners agreed to pay up to $162 million in a settlement announced Monday with the trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims, a deal that left open the possibility they...

Baton Rouge City Hall left 40 percent vacant, needs to be used

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

(AP) - Three and a half floors and several other offices in the 12-story Baton Rouge City Hall are vacant since the 19th Judicial District courts moved to the new courthouse more than a year ago. Jim Frey,...

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Kate makes maiden speech to United Kingdom children’s hospice

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

IPSWICH, England (AP) - The Duchess of Cambridge has delivered her first public address, giving a confident, albeit brief, speech at a children's hospice in eastern England. The former Kate Middleton spoke...

Original Einstein manuscripts to be posted online for the first time

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

JERUSALEM (AP) - Albert Einstein's complete archives - from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research - are going online for the...

Body found in ice chest identified as 83-year-old man, daughter arrested

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

SLIDELL (AP) - The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's office says the body found in an ice chest in a Slidell woman's home was that of 83-year-old Charles Fisher. St. Tammany Parish coroner, Peter Galvan, said...

Occupy protest anniversary ends with police sweep in Zuccotti Park

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of police officers cleared the park where the Occupy movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of protesters returned in an anniversary observance...

North Korea vows to go ahead with rocket launch despite criticism

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea vowed Sunday to go ahead with plans to launch a long-range rocket, rejecting criticism in the West that it would scuttle recent diplomacy. North Korea said Friday...

Jazz pianist Ronnie Kole to perform at Nicholls State University festival

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

THIBODAUX (AP) - Jazz pianist Ronnie Kole will perform in a free concert on March 24 at Nicholls State University. The 7:30 p.m. performance at the Talbot Theater is part of the 14th annual Jubilee: A...

Lil Wayne told to cut grass at his 10,000-square-foot Kenner mansion

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

KENNER (AP) ­- Lil Wayne has been told to cut his grass. The Times-Picayune reports the rapper was cited for high grass and weeds at his 10,000-square-foot mansion in Kenner's gated Place Pontchartrain...