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02/23/12--14:36: US judge acquits man in Australia honeymoon death (chan 2583054)

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) — A judge on Thursday acquitted a man accused of drowning his newlywed wife during a honeymoon diving trip to Australia eight years ago, saying in an unusual ruling that prosecutors did not prove the man intentionally killed his wife to collect on a life insurance policy.


02/23/12--15:37: Man charged after cooking own meal at Denny's (chan 2583054)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police say a Wisconsin man took the Denny's restaurant chain slogan "America's diner is always open" too far, marching into one of the restaurants, announcing he was the new boss and cooking himself dinner.


02/23/12--15:37: NYPD: Newark, NJ, police knew about surveillance (chan 2583054)

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department says Newark, N.J., police officials knew exactly what it was doing in their city during a 2007 intelligence-gathering operation.


02/23/12--16:03: Claim surfaces of Anne Frank baptism by Mormons (chan 2583054)

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new claim has surfaced that the Mormon church has posthumously baptized a Holocaust victim, this time Anne Frank.


02/23/12--16:06: Miami Beach police check Brown phone theft claim (chan 2583054)

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) — Police on Thursday were investigating a woman's claim that singer Chris Brown stole her iPhone outside a South Beach nightclub when she tried to take a picture of him.


02/23/12--16:06: Study: Gingrich, Santorum plans hike deficit (chan 2583054)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive tax cuts proposed by GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would cause the national debt to explode while Mitt Romney's budget plan could generate red ink in line with current projections, according to a new study released Thursday.


02/23/12--16:07: Appeals court tosses Armenian payments law (chan 2583054)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a novel and controversial California law that allowed descendants of 1.5 million Armenians who perished in Turkey nearly a century ago to file claims against life insurance companies accused of reneging on policies.


02/23/12--16:31: Attorneys challenge account of San Diego corpses (chan 2583054)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The government's case against two men accused of dissolving corpses in vats of acid for a Mexican drug gang hinges on flawed witness accounts, defense attorneys said Thursday.


02/23/12--16:34: Mom may face contempt in Russia adoption case (chan 2583054)

SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — An American woman who sent her 7-year-old adopted Russian son back to Moscow has been ordered by a judge to appear in court to face a possible motion for contempt.


02/23/12--16:34: Met abandons Bondy 'Rigoletto' for Vegas version (chan 2583054)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera has abandoned a new production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" by director Luc Bondy, whose grim version of Puccini's "Tosca" provoked intense booing when it opened the 2009-10 season. In its place, the company will present a far more radical reinterpretation that relocates the action to Ratpack-era Las Vegas of 1960.