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Miss. Supreme Court blocks scheduled execution

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By JACK ELLIOTT JR.Associated Press PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of the 1992 slayings of two college students. Willie Jerome Manning had been set to die by injection shortly after 6 p.m

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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

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Italy state TV: Ex-Premier Giulio Andreotti dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY ROME (AP) - Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier and a symbol of post-war Italy, died Monday at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94. In announcing the death, Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno called Andreotti "the most representative

Governor signs repeal of death penalty in Md.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By BRIAN WITTEAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death penalty in nearly 50 years, joining only West Virginia. The passage was a significant victory for

UN report wants moratorium on killer robots

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input "should not have the power of life and death over human beings," a new draft U.N. report says. The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals

Activists call for release of imam in Gambia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) - Activists in Gambia are calling on the government to release an imam who has been jailed for five months. Imam Baba Leigh has been missing since December and is believed to have been detained by Gambia's National Intelligence Agency. Media reports have linked his alleged

Ohio set to execute man in baby girl's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio man who admitted raping a 6-month-old baby but claims he never meant to kill her was set to be executed Wednesday after his last pleas for mercy failed. Steve Smith, 46, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at the state

TV's most memorable end games

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th

By Matt Roush, That's a wrap! The stakes are rarely higher for a TV series than at the end of a season — whether it's signing off until next fall with a climactic grand gesture or taking a well-earned final bow. As part of TV Guide Magazine's Finale Preview issue (on newsstands

Man put to death for Texas store abduction slaying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for fatally shooting one of three people he and a partner abducted during a convenience store robbery nearly 11 years ago. Richard Cobb, 29, didn't deny using a 20-gauge shotgun to kill

Hopes, fears as Zimbabwe marks 33rd birthday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By ANGUS SHAWAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The name of Zimbabwe's last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six years ago, has at last been removed from the nation's list of 5.7 million registered voters. The state Electoral Commission says Ian