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Woman left a trail of tragedy in her wake, used beauty to lure men, authorities claim Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Sandra Camille Bridewell lives these days in a cramped cell in the Brunswick County Jail in North Carolina, a long way...

Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer (07-06) 16:31 PDT SAN RAFAEL -- Two hundred and forty-three goats were crushed to death this morning after the livestock truck they were riding in flipped while making a tight turn in San Rafael, authorities said. The goats, part...

TALIBAN militants have tried to trick a six-year-old Afghan boy into being a suicide bomber by telling him to wear a vest that "would spray out flowers" when he pressed a button after throwing himself at American soldiers. Juma Gul, who collects scrap metal for money, told Afghan tribal...

By Tara Ravens THREE teenagers accused of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old boy over five months at a remote community have been committed to stand trial. They will join three adults in the NT Supreme Court in August over allegations the group sexually assaulted the boy more than 20...

A Scarborough drug dealer "committed crimes that were nothing short of stark horror" when he chewed off his girlfriend's nose and tortured her for hours, a Crown attorney said yesterday. Angel Jones is extremely likely to commit violent offences in the future, Crown attorney Paul Amenta said...

By BRETT BARROUQUERE Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl's feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky. State inspectors were at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the Superman Tower of Power...

Trial to open for self-professed druid who confessed to killing ex-girlfriend By Mallory Simon Court TV When Natasha Miller accepted a marriage proposal from a high school sweetheart serving in the Army in South...

China's Ministry of Public Security has issued a directive listing 43 categories of 'unwanteds' who are to be investigated and may be barred from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Falun Dafa Information Centre reports. The banned groups will include members of religious groups not sanctioned by...

By HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, — A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran’s...

Matt BartonLeader-Post Kieran King's views on marijuana have led to his suspension from Wawota Parkland School. King said he was threatened with police action by Principal Susan Wilson previously after making the case that marijuana was less harmful than alcohol. "In my opinion, cannabis...

By Jason Szep COLORADO CITY, Arizona (Reuters) - In a dusty neighborhood under sheer sandstone cliffs studded with juniper on the Arizona-Utah border, a rare genetic disorder is spreading through polygamous families on a wave of inbreeding. The twin border communities of Hildale, Utah, and...

(CP) - The Anaheim Ducks showed off their new hardware to late-night television viewers across North America Thursday night. Fresh off their Stanley Cup-clinching win over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Chris Pronger and Brad May appeared with the famous trophy on...

VULCAN, Canada (AFP) - A Klingon is an unexpected sight in Canada's vast western plains, among the lonely oil wells, cow pastures and wheat fields. But hundreds of the ferocious warriors from Gene Roddenberry's fictional Star Trek universe gathered here this weekend for the town's annual Spock...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. -- An Osceola County man is accused of stalking his neighbor while dressed in drag. The St. Cloud woman said she was repeatedly targeted at her home in the Majestic Oaks neighborhood.The victim said she didn't know who the man dressed in drag was until she saw him arrested...

SELMER, Tennessee (AP) -- A woman who killed her preacher husband with a shotgun blast to the back as he lay in bed was sentenced Friday to three years in prison, but she may end up serving only 60 days in a mental hospital. Mary Winkler must serve 210 days, or about seven months, of her...

An Indian court has ruled against a group of female flight attendants who were grounded from the national airline for being overweight. The court said that state-owned Indian Airlines had the right to take the step in the interest of flight safety and in the face of...

By Eli Saslow Washington Post Staff Writer NORWALK, Calif. -- Early this month, 18-year-old Allison Stokke walked into her high school track coach's office and asked if he knew any reliable media consultants. Stokke had tired of constant phone calls, of relentless Internet attention, of...

By Audrey Bright Why did the 21-year-old cross the road? Benjamin Carpenter, 21, was crossing a Michigan highway in his wheelchair when he became stuck in a semitrailer's grille and pushed for miles before the unknowing driver was pulled over, police said on Thursday. Carpenter escaped...

By Doug Aldridge, The Right Side That Omar Khadr and his family are Canadians, is an insult to decent Canadians from ALL segments of society. Decent Canadian citizens don't sneak away to join bands of foreign fanatics for the express purpose of killing people who are our friends and allies...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's last apartheid president, F.W. de Klerk, has urged black people to recognize the sacrifices made by whites in embracing all-race democracy and the courage they showed in ceding power. De Klerk was responding on Sunday to comments by anti-apartheid...