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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military turned out in force as thousands calling for the ousted president’s reinstatement held scattered protests across Cairo, but the Muslim Brotherhood failed to bring out huge numbers in a sign that an intense crackdown has dealt...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Police in Spokane, Wash., have arrested one of two teens suspected of fatally beating an 88-year-old veteran of World War II who had survived the battle of Okinawa.
Authorities say the two young men, between 16 and 19 years old, appr...

MIAMI (AP) — An elderly Muslim cleric in South Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for his conviction on charges of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban.
U.S. District Judge Robert Scola imposed the sentence...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Australian baseball player who was allegedly shot and killed at random while he was jogging wasn’t targeted because of his race or nationality, the prosecutor in charge of the case said Friday.
Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old stud...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians last year in one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, ...

SANFORD (AP) — The leader of a veterans’ charity that prosecutors say was a $300 million gambling operation entered a no-contest plea to running an illegally lottery on Friday, a decision that will allow him to skip prison time but likely will make him a ...

MIRAMAR (AP) —  A South Florida police officer is being congratulated for making a special delivery.
A pregnant woman arrived at Fairway Elementary to pick up her daughter from school Thursday when she began having contractions. Miramar Police School Reso...

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to death after pleading guilty to two murders.
Pinellas County Judge Philip Federico ordered 29-year-old Khadafy Mullens to be sentenced to death Friday, saying the defendant killed two men as ...

MIAMI (AP) — A federal appeals court has thrown out lenient sentences imposed on two South Florida prison guards convicted of abuse against inmates.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered new sentencing hearings for guards ...

MELBOURNE (AP) — Two people charged with killing a Brevard County deputy will be tried separately.
A judge ruled Thursday that 19-year-old Andria Michelle Kerchner and 22-year-old Brandon Bradley will be charged separately on first-degree murder charges.
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