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Friday, February 22, 2013

Medvedev meets with Castro in Cuba

HAVANA, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Havana Friday, Cuban media reported. The Cuban state news agency Prensa Latina said the two met in a "fraternal and friendly atmosphere," and signed "important agreements between the two... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Actor Lou Myers dead at 67

CHARLESTON, W.Va., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- West Virginia-born actor Lou Myers, who played Mr. Gaines on U.S. sitcom "A Different World," died in Charleston Tuesday at the age of 67. Myers appeared in 1998's "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and 2001's "The Wedding Planner" and was an accomplished piano... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Prosecutors urge Pistorius be denied bail

PRETORIA, South Africa, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius, accused of killing his girlfriend at his South African home, is a flight risk and should be denied bail, prosecutors said. During a bail hearing in a Pretoria courtroom Wednesday, prosecutors offered testimony that Pistorius... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Friend: McCready killed dog because she didn't want to leave it alone

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Mindy McCready likely shot her dog before turning the gun on herself because she didn't want to leave her pet alone at her Arkansas home, a friend says. "Mindy really loved her dog and that would not have been an act of malice at all," Fox News quoted the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Report: Singer Mindy McCready shoots self and dog to death

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Troubled country singer Mindy McCready, the mother of two young sons, has died of an apparent suicide, in Heber Springs, Ark., police said Sunday. She was 37. "She shot herself and the dog," a source told E! News. McCready's father, Tim, had been staying with... Sign in to see full entry.

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