NEW DELHI, May 25 (Reuters) - Mumbai Police apprehended a key official of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Chennai franchise late on Friday in connection with a spot-fixing scandal that has also led to the arrest of three cricketers. Former India test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other local cricketers were arrested last week on...
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A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the government's practice of issuing so-called national security letters to telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, banks and others was unconstitutional and unnecessary....
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A lawyer says a southeast Missouri man will plead guilty to killing his estranged wife, a mother of triplets....
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a slow but steady overnight search buoyed by the discovery of a woman in the rubble, rescue workers at the scene of a building collapse that killed six people took a temporary break Thursday in what had been a round-the-clock dig for additional victims.
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TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi martial arts instructor has pleaded not guilty to charges he sent ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other public officials. James Everett Dutschke, 41, who was arrested on April 27, pleaded not guilty to all five counts of a grand jury indictment, court records filed on Tuesday showed. His trial has been set for July 29 and Dutschke faces a maximum penalty of life in prison for
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines' most popular comedian has drawn anger instead of laughs by joking about rape....
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By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - Auctioneers are pinning their hopes on "uber-collectors" to help London summer art sales top last year's $1 billion (642 million pounds) total when the series kicks off later this month. Estimates from Christie's, Sotheby's and smaller rivals such as Phillips and Bonhams for sales over
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Kasey Kahl, a former contestant on TV's "The Bachelorette," has been sentenced to three years of probation and community service in connection with a fight outside a California bar....
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African fast-food company Famous Brands reported a 22 percent increase in full-year earnings on Monday, helped by solid sales growth and an increase in new stores. Headline earnings for the year to end-February came in at 339 cents per share versus 278 cents a year earlier. Famous Brands holds the franchise rights to
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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Disneyland employee has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a destructive device following a small explosion in a trash can at the California theme park on Tuesday that prompted the evacuation of Mickey's Toontown, police said on Wednesday. Christian Barnes, identified as a 22-year-old outdoor vending cast member at Walt Disney Co's Disneyland, was being held on $1 million bail, Sergeant Bob Dunn of...
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