Assault charge dropped in boy's fatal beating

A Massachusetts judge has dismissed assault charges against the fiancee of a man accused of fatally beating his 7-year-old son on Father's Day 2009.

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Moore leads No. 19 Nebraska women over Illinois

Lindsey Moore scored 20 points to help No. 19 Nebraska beat Illinois 67-47 on Sunday.

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Fans hold rally to send Pats off to Super Bowl

Packed to capacity in the lower level on one side of Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Patriots fans watched replays from the AFC championship victory that put New England in the Super Bowl.

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Iran web developer sentenced to death

Iran's state media say the Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a web developer convicted of spreading corruption.

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Lambert postpones Fla. show after friend's death

Miranda Lambert has rescheduled her Friday concert in Tallahassee, Fla., to attend the funeral of a close friend.

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Wife: Edwin Edwards in hospital with pneumonia

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has been hospitalized with pneumonia.

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Libya: Justice Ministry to take over prisons

Libyan judicial police have started taking control of makeshift prisons in the country after human rights organizations complained of rampant torture of inmates, the country's deputy justice minister said on Sunday.

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UN chief: Africa leaders should respect gay rights

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says African nations should stop treating gays as "second-class citizens, or even criminals".

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Officers checking robbery find 5 dead in Ala. home

Police found five people dead inside a Birmingham home when they arrived early Sunday morning to investigate a possible robbery, authorities said.

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Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy

A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.

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Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people

A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were virtually blinded. At least 10 people were killed.

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Gingrich brands rival Romney with `liberal' tag

Newt Gingrich is calling GOP president rival Mitt Romney a "pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase liberal."

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Djokovic wins Australian Open in longest final

Novak Djokovic ripped off his shirt and let out a primal scream, flexing his torso the way a prize fighter would after a desperate, last-round knockout.

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British radio's 'Desert Island Discs' turns 70

Margaret Thatcher chose Beethoven, Michael Caine picked Frank Sinatra and boxer George Foreman selected The Beatles' "All You Need is Love."

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Israel to clear thousands of mines in desert

Israel's defense ministry says it will soon begin clearing thousands of mines in southern Israel.

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Huge Israeli drone that can reach Iran crashes

The Israeli military says a drone that can fly as far as Iran has crashed in central Israel on a routine experimental flight.

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Kenya police arrest imam over weapons cache

Kenyan police say they have arrested an imam after they found a cache of weapons in his house.

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Former Italian president Scalfaro dies at 93

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a past president of Italy who held the post during the sweeping corruption scandal of the early 1990s that reshaped the country's post-war political landscape, died Sunday in Rome. He was 93.

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Egypt says it has ended US lobbyists' contract

Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it has ended a contract with three Washington lobbying firms to cut expenses, denying reports that the Americans were the ones to sever the contract.

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Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest

Thousands of cars flying white ribbons or balloons circled central Moscow on Sunday in a show of protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Police open fire at Bangladesh protesters, 3 dead

Police fired guns and used batons on crowds of stone-throwing opposition activists in several Bangladesh towns Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100, a news report and doctors at two hospitals said.

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China paper says punish Philippines over US ties

An official Chinese newspaper says Beijing must punish the Philippines economically for proposing closer military ties with Washington.

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29 Chinese missing after militant attack in Sudan

Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote worksite in a volatile region of Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.

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Thousands take polar bear plunge in Chesapeake Bay

Thousands of people clad in bathing trunks, bikinis and even some woolly winter hats have taken the Polar Bear Plunge into the Chesapeake Bay for charity.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

Japan's Risa Shigetomo boosted her chances of going to the London Olympics by winning the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Sunday.

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