TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. – Eight prisoners have been injured in stabbings at a prison in northwest Tennessee amid tensions between gangs and a shortage of correctional officers. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/1LFyEJ7) the stabbings occurred Friday at Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville. The Tennessee Department of Correction-run prison has been put on …
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MOSCOW – A Kremlin aide says Russia and France have agreed on a refund amount for an undelivered French warship. Vladimir Kozhin, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, said Thursday in remarks carried by the RIA Novosti news agency that the two countries have completed their talks on how much …
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Michael Jackson is not the biological father of his three children, according to multiple internet reports. Sources tell TMZ that Jackson did not provide sperm donations for any of his children and that Debbie Rowe was merely a surrogate for Prince Michael Jr. and Paris. Click here for birth certificates …
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A hospital has apologized for the death of a 29-year-old Australian woman who bled to death after undergoing a Caesarean section, the Australian Associated Press reported. Rebecca Murray delivered her third child at Bathurst Base Hospital, but she soon began hemorrhaging and was rushed to Nepean Hospital in Sydney. Assisting …
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GENEVA – A Swiss court sentenced a woman to eight and a half years in prison Thursday for murdering one of France’s richest men by shooting him while he was dressed in a latex suit and tied up in a chair during sex games. Cecile Brossard admitted killing Edouard Stern …
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Even though it is not planning on helping any more refugees than it did in 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the world body’s front-line humanitarian agency, has increased its planned spending to a little over $3 billion for next year — a 36 percent hike. The …
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A 14-year-old boy who would like the National Health Service to give him a sex change operation has the full support of his mother. “I’m old enough to know what I want. What I want is to be a girl,” said Georgie Smith, of the U.K., who dresses as a …
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BERLIN – The Berlin Wall’s longest remaining stretch has been restored to its state of nearly two decades ago after artists repainted the colorful murals they created in the aftermath of the notorious barrier’s opening. Berlin on Friday inaugurated the restored section of the concrete wall, which is known as …
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Hurricane Ida strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Saturday, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico. Ida could reach the northern Gulf Coast by Tuesday, though it was unclear how strong it would be by then. …
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American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday. Latest statistics on chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis show the three highly treatable infections continue to spread in the United States. “Chlamydia and gonorrhea are stable at …
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