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Teen who posted video on bullying found dead

Teen who posted video on bullying found dead
By CHARMAINE NORONHAAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) - Canada was in uproar Friday over a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was found dead, an apparent suicide, five weeks after she uploaded a video to YouTube describing years of bullying that drove her to drugs and alcohol. Coroner Barb McLintock said

Federal officer facing charges in Calif. shooting

Federal officer facing charges in Calif. shooting
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal police officer is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of a colleague as the two fought with a group of people outside a Modesto bar. The Modesto Bee reports (http://bit.ly/RdA2T7 ) that a Stanislaus County judge set bail for Robert Anthony Moreno at $2.9

Firefighter, homeless man accused of Vegas slaying

Firefighter, homeless man accused of Vegas slaying
By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas casino waitress. A homeless hitman. An estranged husband angry enough to have his wife killed. That was the recipe for a plot police say led to the arrest of a firefighter accused of masterminding a brutal murder-for-hire, then crashing

Lone survivor testifies at Ohio Craigslist trial

Lone survivor testifies at Ohio Craigslist trial
By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) - The lone survivor of a deadly plot to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers testified against a 17-year-old triple-murder suspect on Friday and identified him as an accomplice to the triggerman. Scott Davis, the star witness as the

Comic opens set for ages: 'Hello. I have cancer.'

Comic opens set for ages: 'Hello. I have cancer.'
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A frightfully nervous Tig Notaro stood just offstage at the Los Angeles club Largo while Ed Helms introduced her. The audience of 300 and Notaro's fellow performers that August night had no idea what she was about to do. They had no idea

Jury: Detroit dad guilty in missing child's death

Jury: Detroit dad guilty in missing child's death
DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit father who prosecutors say faked a carjacking to cover up the slaying of his 2-year-old daughter was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder and child abuse. D'Andre Lane sat silent as the Wayne County Circuit Court jury foreman read the verdicts on both charges.

Correction: UN-Iran-Human Rights

Correction: UN-Iran-Human Rights
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In a story sent Oct 11 about a U.N. report on Iran's human rights situation, The Associated Press misidentified the number of Iranian journalists in prison in December 2011, as tallied by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The correct number is 42, not 179. A corrected

School Bus Aide Slams 7-Year-Old Against Window...Facing Possible Assault Charges

School Bus Aide Slams 7-Year-Old Against Window...Facing Possible Assault Charges
KHQ.COM: The Huffington Post first broke the story on Thursday, but Heidi Mullin, a Michigan school bus aide is facing possible assault charges after video surfaced on YouTube and Facebook of her slamming a 7-year-old boy against the school bus window. Mullin had been asked to ride the bus to

Hearing set in Wash. state in Afghan rampage case

Hearing set in Wash. state in Afghan rampage case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - A hearing for the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in March has been set for Nov. 5 at an Army base in Washington state, with villagers expected to testify by video from Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is scheduled to

Williams free but must register as sex offender

Williams free but must register as sex offender
By KEN MILLERAssociated Press STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Ex-Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams was freed Friday after a judge gave him a suspended sentence in a sexual assault case in which Williams insisted he was innocent. Williams, 23, had been jailed since he was convicted in