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Man sentenced for Club Crystyles murder
WATERLOO - A Waterloo man called her brother's killer a coward Friday as he was sentenced to life in prison for the crime.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 3:15 pm | (0) Comments
Hunting for treasure: Auction company pays cash for collectibles
WATERLOO - One person's junk could be another's treasure.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 3:00 pm | (0) Comments
Local woman wins $30,000
EVANSDALE - An Evansdale woman won the top prize recently playing the Jingle Bell Crossword instant-scratch game.
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UNI men lose to DePaul 60-52
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands --- The UNI men's basketball team lost a lead in its first-round game in the Paradise Jam here, and lost the game to DePaul, 60-52.
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Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption
The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:40 pm
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:40 pm
Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful
An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:40 pm
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:40 pm
Atty: Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect
An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:35 pm
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:35 pm
Afghan police are weak link in security force
Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:35 pm
Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria
Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm
Pa. university students must pass fitness class
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm
Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real
A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval …
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm
Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm
Teen pleads guilty in July murder of border agent
A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in July.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:25 pm
Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:15 pm
Giuliani back in spotlight _ but what's the show?
Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star _ Sept. 11.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:15 pm
UN committee targets Iran's rights violations
A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election.
New Nov 20, 2009 | 2:15 pm
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