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Monday, November 25, 2013

Crystal Mangum, Duke lacrosse accuser, gets 14 years for murder

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman who falsely claimed three Duke University lacrosse players raped her in 2006 was convicted Friday of murder for killing her boyfriend. Crystal Mangum, 32, stabbed live-in boyfriend Reginald Daye, 46, with a kitchen knife during an April 3, 2011,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Kerry: Iran nuclear deal will make Israel 'safer'

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday Iran's promise to halt nuclear enrichment above 5 percent will make Israel and the entire region "safer." Russia, France, Britain, China, the United States and Germany secured a six-month deal with Iran in Geneva... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Iranian diplomat says nuke negotiations have been breathtaking

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Talks with Western diplomats in Switzerland on Iran's nuclear programs have been difficult, a top Iranian negotiator said Saturday. In a Twitter message, Abbas Araqchi, a leading Iranian diplomat at the talks, said "the fourth day of negotiations is hard and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 22, 2013

UPI reporter: The day Kennedy was shot surrealistic

DALLAS, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- My overall thought of the day I spent in the Dallas bureau of United Press International on Nov. 22, 1963, is no different a half century later than it was when I left the office in the middle of night and returned to my apartment and my bride of two months. It was a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Court says Berlusconi pressured police, paid witnesses during trial

MILAN, Italy, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid witnesses during his trial on charges of having sex with an underage prostitute, judges in Milan said Thursday. The judges said "criminal behavior" exhibited by Berlusconi led him to "systematically contaminate" the case... Sign in to see full entry.

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