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Jamaica: Gov’t to sign anti-crime pacts with Cuba

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s top security official announced Tuesday that he will lead a delegation to Cuba this week to sign agreements strengthening cooperation against drug trafficking and other crimes. Security Minister Dwight Nelson said the pacts are intended…

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Lawyers claim alleged IRA dissident was framed

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Lithuanian lawyer for an Irishman accused of trying to purchase and smuggle weaponry for the Real IRA told a court Friday that Michael Campbell was a victim of entrapment orchestrated by Britain’s intelligence service. Campbell,…

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Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell to wed in London

LONDON (AP) — Sir Paul McCartney is set to tie the knot at the venue where he first married more than 40 years ago. Officials said Friday that the former Beatle and fiancee Nancy Shevell have posted a notice of…

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Man accused of biting off man’s eyebrow in fight

BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say a man bit off another man’s eyebrow during a fight at a house party, chewed it up and spat it out. The Los Angeles Times reports that 29-year-old Luis Miguel…

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Calle 13 gets record 10 Latin Grammy nominations

Irreverent hip-hop music duo Calle 13 got a record 10 Latin Grammy nominations Wednesday, including album, record and song of the year. The duo were on hand when the nominations for the 12th annual awards were read in Los Angeles….

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Texas Governor asked to halt execution

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Lawyers for a black man set for execution Thursday are calling on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt the punishment because an expert witness told jurors that black criminals were more likely to pose a future…

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Suicide bomber kills 25 at funeral in Pakistan

SHINA SAMAR BAGH, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked the funeral service Thursday of a Pakistani tribesman opposed to the Taliban, killing 25 people, police said, two days after Taliban gunmen killed four children from another district in conflict…

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She hasn’t clipped nails in 18 years!

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Walton has been working on her fingernails for 18 years. And it’s finally paying off. Guinness World Records named Walton the woman with the longest fingernails on Wednesday, introducing “The Dutchess” and her nails at…

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Car bomb kills 13 outside Iraqi restaurant

BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bombing Wednesday morning killed 13 people and wounded scores of others in southern Iraq as the blast went off outside a restaurant where local police were having breakfast, officials said. The bombing was the deadliest…

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No more cigarettes for smoking orangutan

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit. Government authorities seized the adult ape named Shirley from a state-run zoo in Malaysia’s southern…