FBI checks whether US Census worker hanging in Ky. tied to his door-to-door data collectionMANCHESTER, Ky. — When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former police officer drew on years of experience for a warning: “Be careful.” AP source: Census worker found hanged near Kentucky cemetery had word ‘fed’ scrawled on chestMANCHESTER, Ky. — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word “fed” scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. FBI probes hanging of census worker in Ky.; AP source: ‘Fed’ scrawled on dead man’s chestWASHINGTON — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word “fed” scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. Government approves thousands of special visas to help abused illegal immigrantsOAKLAND, Calif. — For years, Laura Teresa Leon Sanchez says, she was beaten, raped and robbed by her boyfriend. If she tried to leave, he threatened to have her deported. La. court orders rehiring of police officer fired over videotaped beating in French QuarterNEW ORLEANS — A state appeals court has ordered the New Orleans police department to rehire an officer accused of using excessive force in an arrest caught on video several weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Lab technician arrested in slaying of Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed in wallNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with the suffocation death of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on what would have been her wedding day. A glance at school violence across the globe in recent yearsA student armed with an ax and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in southern Germany on Thursday. Here is a glance at some of the worst school violence worldwide in recent years: Superintendent: 4 Mass. boys charged in immigrant beating can’t return to schoolLYNN, Mass. — A ruling says four boys accused of severely beating a Guatemalan immigrant will remain indefinitely suspended from school, but they’ll receive tutoring. Green Zne hit by mortars as Biden in Baghdad for 3rd visitBAGHDAD — Insurgents fired four mortar shells at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two civilians, on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit to help resolve political differences among Iraqis. Mortar shells fired into Baghdad Green Zone as Vice President Joe Biden visits.BAGHDAD — Four mortar shells have been fired into the Green Zone as Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Baghdad. VP Biden in Baghdad on 3rd visit this year, a mission to show White House focus on warBAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq Tuesday on a previously unannounced mission to show the White House remains focused on the Iraq war despite military pullbacks and increased attention on Afghanistan. AP Enterprise: Lax enforcement means anti-bullying laws offer little protection in schoolsATLANTA — Recent student suicides have parents and advocates complaining that anti-bullying laws enacted in nearly every state are not being enforced and do not go far enough to identify and rid schools of chronic tormentors. Suicide bombings, slayings and clashes kill 7 in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus regionGROZNY, Russia — Militant attacks and gunbattles across Russia’s violence-plagued North Caucasus left seven people dead Saturday, including the second suicide bomber to strike in less than 24 hours, law enforcement and emergency officials said. Ugandan soldiers, police patrol streets following 2 days of violence that has killed 14KAMPALA, Uganda — Scores of soldiers and police patrolled the streets of Uganda’s capital in pickup trucks and on foot Saturday following riots that have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of others. Officials: 7 killed in attacks, battles in Russia’s North Caucasus, suicide bombing injures 3GROZNY, Russia — Russian authorities say seven people have been killed in attacks and gunbattles in the North Caucasus region, most of them alleged militants. British spy agency MI6 reports own officer amid torture concerns, prompting police probeLONDON — Britain’s foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country’s possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, officials said. British police investigate charges that spy agency MI6 was complicit in tortureLONDON — British police are investigating an allegation that the country’s MI6 overseas spy agency was complicit in torture, the second inquiry launched in recent months examining the conduct of the country’s spies. Inmates attack guards at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison; US military asked for helpBAGHDAD — Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison started a fire and attacked guards, prompting authorities to call in Iraqi troops and American helicopters for support, the U.S. military said Friday. Italy wraps up two-day conference on violence against womenROME — Participants at a conference on violence against women vowed Thursday to put women’s rights at the center of the international agenda, saying world peace and security depended on women’s leadership in government and society. US envoy says that despite recent rise in violence in Iraq, withdrawal timetable is holdingWASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Iraq told Congress on Thursday that despite a recent rash of insurgent attacks, the U.S. is on track to removing all its combat forces by next August. “We are holding to this timetable,” Christopher Hill told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in his first congressional testimony since taking over the top U.S. diplomatic post in Baghdad in April. Italy hosts two-day conference on violence against womenROME — The global economic downturn may be leading to increased violence against women worldwide, both by pushing them into unsafe jobs and by raising tensions within their families, U.N. officials said Wednesday. Schwarzenegger vetoes funds for Calif. domestic violence shelters, some closeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six domestic violence shelters in California have been forced to close while dozens more are scaling back services after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated all state funding for the program that supports them. Prominent conservatives, professors criticize Yale for removing Muslim cartoons from bookNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University has removed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book about how they caused outrage across the Muslim world, drawing criticism from prominent alumni and a national group of university professors. Gunmen kill 4 Guatemalan prison officials in apparent retaliation for prison crackdownGUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan police say four prison officials have been shot to death in three separate attacks that authorities believe are retaliation for a jail crackdown. Inmates prayed, prepared for death, as 2 officers drove into the fire to save mountaintop campLOS ANGELES — As he reached the door of the chow hall, Henry Navarro looked to his right and uttered an expletive. Then he looked to his left and spat out an even stronger one. Report: More tribal violence in southern Sudan leaves 24 dead, dozens woundedKHARTOUM, Sudan — An attack on a southern Sudan village has left 24 people dead, including a tribal chief, his three wives and several children, while dozens were wounded, a newspaper reported Saturday. Gabon soldiers deploy outside stadium as unrest continues for 3rd dayLIBREVILLE, Gabon — Hundreds of soldiers deployed en masse around Gabon’s soccer stadium for a World Cup qualifier Saturday as the country’s new president attended and postelection violence continued for a third straight day. Long-abandoned mines can be a threat to homes, schools, businesses and roads in coal countryBENLD, Ill. — The way a few teachers tell it, the elementary school in the central Illinois farming town suddenly started giving off freakish cracking and popping sounds on a Saturday not too long ago. Walls sprouted lightning bolt-shaped cracks and floors buckled, dooming the building on a day no students thankfully were inside. Police : Texas grandmother charged with making bomb threat to grandchildren’s schoolSAN ANTONIO — Officials accuse a 51-year-old San Antonio grandmother of phoning a bomb threat to an elementary school that wouldn’t let her visit her grandchildren. Bomb outside restaurant kills policeman, wounds 12 in southern ThailandPATTANI, Thailand — A bomb believed to have been planted by Islamic insurgents exploded Friday outside a restaurant in southern Thailand where security forces were eating breakfast, killing a policeman and wounding 12 other people. |
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