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Jury: Death for arsonist convicted of 5 murders

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By AMY TAXINAssociated Press SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - A jury on Friday recommended death for an arsonist convicted of murdering five men who died of heart attacks during a wildfire that ripped through Southern California nearly a decade ago. The murder charges against Rickie Lee Fowler, 31

AP Interview: Malawi unlikely to ax anti-gay laws

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By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Malawi isn't ready to repeal laws which criminalize homosexuality, the country's reforming leader said Friday, despite her pledge after taking office to work to overturn the legislation. Joyce Banda, a longtime rights campaigner who

Ex-Alabama prof won't be tried in brother's death

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By JAY LINDSAYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - A former Alabama professor convicted of fatally shooting three colleagues won't face a Massachusetts murder trial in the 1986 death of her brother after prosecutors withdrew their indictment. The announcement Friday by the Norfolk district

Study: UN misconduct goes unpunished

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By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press NEW YORK - When U.N. staffers on peacekeeping missions were accused of misconduct or corruption over the last couple of years, more than two-thirds of them were exonerated by the U.N.'s internal tribunal system, according to research provided to AP

Ex-pastor in Pa. accused of killing 2 wives

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By MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated Press LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - A retired Pennsylvania pastor insists both of his wives died accidentally. Prosecutors call him a liar - and a killer. Already facing trial in the death of his second wife, Arthur Burton "A.B." Schirmer is now charged with killing his

Police: Sons of Anarchy's Johnny Lewis killed landlady's cat

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By Liz Raftery, More details are emerging about the bizarre death of Sons of Anarchy's Johnny Lewis this week. Police believe Lewis, who is suspected of killing his 81-year-old landlady, Catherine Davis, before he fell off a roof and died Wednesday, also beat and dismembered Davis' cat, TMZ

Police: Sons of Anarchy's Johnny Lewis killed landlady's cat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

Suspect in killing of mom, kids pleads not guilty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - A convicted felon charged with strangling a northern Ohio woman and her two young children has pleaded not guilty. Curtis Clinton is charged with killing 23-year-old Heather Jackson, her 3-year-old daughter Celina and 18-month-old son Wayne at their Sandusky home earlier this

Death penalty challenged in Somali pirate case

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By BROCK VERGAKISAssociated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Attorneys for three Somalis charged with murder in the shooting deaths of four Americans aboard a hijacked yacht want a federal judge to stop prosecutors from seeking the death penalty if they're convicted. The attorneys wrote in a

Syrian rebels launch broadest push yet for Aleppo

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By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Rebels on Friday pressed their broadest assault yet to drive President Bashar Assad's forces out of Syria's largest city, activists said, with fierce fighting erupting in an Aleppo neighborhood that is home to Kurds, an ethnic minority that