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Published
August 20, 2011

Police: Victim’s husband plotted alleged hate crime

Kashif Parvaiz had said his wife was shot by men who called the family terrorists.
Published
August 20, 2011

Storm shuts down festival

HASSELT, Belgium – The Britrock band Skunk Anansie had the crowd hopping and gyrating when a sudden, fierce storm began pelting the main stage — and the thousands watching them — with rain and hail. The storm shredded the annual Pukkelpop outdoor rock festival Thursday evening, blowing down huge canvas tents, uprooting trees and flinging […]
Published
August 20, 2011

World Dispatches

LONDON Phone-hacking detective suspected of news leaks One of the detectives probing phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of leaking information about the inquiry, police said Friday. A 51-year-old detective constable was arrested at work Thursday on suspicion of “unauthorized disclosure of information,” London police said. The […]
Published
August 20, 2011

In Focus: Guilty pleas end grisly case, but mystery lingers

Doubts about evidence in the slayings of three Cub Scouts lead to the release of the men convicted two decades earlier.
Published
August 20, 2011

Nation Dispatches

NEW YORK Hotel maid’s lawyer denies trying to settle attack case Prosecutors are exploring whether a lawyer for the hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault discussed the possibility of a financial settlement and suggested she could back away from the criminal case, people familiar with the matter said Friday. The woman’s lawyer […]

Published
August 19, 2011

Louise Behrend, 94: Violinist helped bring Suzuki teaching to U.S.

WASHINGTON – Louise Behrend, a concert violinist who trained a generation of American teachers in the Suzuki method and whose standing as a musician helped the Japanese movement establish itself in the United States, died Aug. 3 at Montgomery Hospice’s Casey House in suburban Rockville, Md. She was 94. She had complications from dementia, her […]
Published
August 19, 2011

Storm kills three at Belgian festival

About 60,000 people were attending the three-day concert event when the storm struck.
Published
August 19, 2011

Man’s lawsuit over unexpected amputation heads to trial

The surgeon targeted in the suit says the surgery was needed because the plaintiff had cancer.
Published
August 19, 2011

Suspect tried to redeem accidental-death policy

A source tells police Gary Giordano called insurers after his travel companion disappeared in Aruba.
Published
August 19, 2011

Deportation cases to get individual reviews

The policy's immediate target is illegal immigrants who pose a threat. Others get a temporary reprieve.

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