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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Life term for Elizabeth Smart kidnapper

SALT LAKE CITY, May 25 (UPI) -- The Utah man who said he was divinely instructed to take young wives was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart. Brian David Mitchell sat singing hymns through most of the hearing, the Deseret News reported. He did not look at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Witnesses: Casey Anthony seemed normal

ORLANDO, Fla., May 25 (UPI) -- Casey Anthony's former boyfriend testified Wednesday at her Florida trial she seemed untroubled during the weeks her daughter Caylee was missing. Anthony Lazzaro, who was studying the music business at Full Sail University in Orlando, Fla., when he met Casey Anthony,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Lawyer: Caylee's death an accident

ORLANDO, Fla., May 24 (UPI) -- Lawyers gave their opening statements Tuesday in Casey Anthony's Florida trial with a prosecutor calling her a woman who deliberately killed her daughter. Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, said 2-year-old Caylee Anthony was the victim of a tragic accident, the Orlando... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Knox again vows innocence at hearing

PERUGIA, Italy, May 21 (UPI) -- Addressing an Italian court Saturday, American student Amanda Knox tearfully again proclaimed her innocence of her roommate's killing. Knox, 23, made her brief statement at the end of her latest appeal hearing in Perugia, where British student Meredith Kercher was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

GOP Pawlenty to formally declare candidacy

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 20 (UPI) -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will formally announce he will seek the Republican nomination for president Monday during a swing in Iowa, his campaign said. Pawlenty's anticipated announcement in Des Moines will kick off a multistate campaign stump that includes... Sign in to see full entry.

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