Arizona man who murdered nine sentenced to death
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing nine people during a spree that terrorized the Phoenix area, rejecting the man’s pleas for mercy and denials of guilt and agreeing with prosecutors that…
Madonna settles NYC neighbor’s suit over noise
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna has made peace with a neighbor who said the superstar made a racket by using her apartment as a rehearsal studio, lawyers involved in the matter said Wednesday. Court records showed Karen George’s lawsuit against…
Bank courier van loses bags of cash on highway
UPPER ST. CLAIR, Pa. (AP) — A bank courier van has spilled more than $100,000 in cash along a Pennsylvania highway, and motorists have stopped to grab it. Police say much of the money was blown around by the wind….
Giordano denies involvement in Aruba disappearance
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American businessman detained for four months after the presumed death of his travelling companion in Aruba said Tuesday he had nothing to do with her disappearance. Gary Giordano, 50, was released from jail Tuesday, and on…
Dutch killer whale Morgan finds new home in Spain
MADRID (AP) — A young killer whale at the centre of a legal battle waged by Dutch conservationists has arrived at its new home on the Canary Islands, a spokeswoman for a Spanish zoo said Wednesday. The 1,400-kilogram (3,085-pound) female…
Border staff, teachers join one day UK strike
LONDON (AP) — Airline passengers arriving in Britain escaped chaos early yesterday despite dire predictions of long waits, as border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters in the country’s largest strike in decades. The one-day strike has been…
More than 200 arrested in Occupy LA raid
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a massive show of force, 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear stormed the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from the park and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave….
Zebras get loose from Va. zoo, roam neighborhood
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Two zebras from a zoo in a Washington, D.C., suburb escaped and briefly wandered through a residential neighborhood before being captured. No one was injured. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says it received calls Monday afternoon…
Flying squirrel invades New Jersey emergency room
RAHWAY, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters were needed stat after a flying squirrel went nuts in a New Jersey hospital’s emergency room. The squirrel kept launching itself from an 8-foot-high wall-mounted lamp into a glass wall after becoming trapped in a…
US suspects NATO forces lured into deadly raid
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated maneuver by the Taliban, according to preliminary U.S. military reports on the deadliest friendly fire incident with Pakistan since the Afghanistan war…
