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Madonna and Ritchie granted divorce in London court
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 AFP - A judge granted pop megastar Madonna and her filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie a divorce Friday, barely a month after they announced the end of their eight-year marriage.
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4 Marines plead not guilty to murdering colleague
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AP - Four Camp Pendleton-based Marines, including one known as "Psycho," have pleaded not guilty in the execution-style slayings of a fellow Marine and his wife.
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Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks
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AP - A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Southern California took illegal perks from his job including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty trucks and an investigation continues into how widespread the practice was, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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Hells Angels bikers acquitted of attempted murder
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AP - Two Hells Angels bikers have been acquitted of attempted murder in a gunfight during the Sturgis motorcycle rally.
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Attorney: Tampa trial puts Gotti at a disadvantage
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 AP - Making John A. "Junior" Gotti stand trial on racketeering charges in Tampa instead of New York would be like "cutting off the supplies he needs to fight the fight," his attorney told a federal judge Thursday. Charles Carnesi, attorney for the New York Mafia scion, argued that a Tampa trial would be a "crushing burden" for Gotti and his family and make it difficult to get already reluctant defense witnesses to testify.
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NY hate crime suspect now charged with murder
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AP - A grand jury has charged a Long Island teenager with murder as a hate crime in the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant.
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Arms dealer caught in terror sting convicted in NY
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AP - A wealthy arms dealer long suspected of aiding militants in some of the world's bloodiest conflicts was convicted Thursday of conspiring to sell weapons to informants who posed as arms suppliers for terrorists willing to kill Americans.
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Rapper T.I. testifies in Ohio murder trial
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AP - Rapper T.I. testified Friday that he believes the bullets fired at his entourage during a wild vehicle chase two years ago were meant for him.
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Guards: Crowded Calif. prisons neglect ill inmates
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AP - Inmates with open, bleeding wounds routinely use communal showers and suicidal prisoners are sometimes kept for hours inside small cages, witnesses testified in a lawsuit over state prison crowding.
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Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case
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 AP - A Missouri woman knew her 13-year-old neighbor was depressed and suicidal when she sent cruel Internet messages to the teenager, her former assistant testified. The girl killed herself after being told the world would be better off without her.
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