UPDATED: One Person Shot at Indiana Middle School, Suspect in Custody

Mar 25th 2011 – 9:12 AM |AOL News

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UPDATED, 12:21 P.M. EST -- A teenage boy was shot this morning at Martinsville West Middle School, in Martinsville, Ind., police confirmed to AOL News today. Brad Wilson of the Martinsville Police...

Myanmar Struck by Earthquake; 5 Facts About the Former Burma

Mar 24th 2011 – 4:09 PM |AOL News

The impoverished Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, known as Burma under British rule, is somewhat off the beaten path in terms of American news consumption and rarely makes headlines. So when it...

Caseworkers Charged in Death of Abused 4-Year-Old NYC Girl

Mar 24th 2011 – 11:52 AM |AOL News

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Two former New York City child welfare workers have been charged in the death of a 4-year-old girl who was beaten, drugged and starved in her own home. Prosecutors said that Marchella Brett-Pierce...

Ed Harris to Play John McCain in HBO's 'Game Change'

Mar 24th 2011 – 10:07 AM |AOL News

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Actor Ed Harris has been cast as John McCain in the upcoming HBO movie, "Game Change." The "A Beautiful Mind" actor has signed on to play the former Republican presidential nominee in the film,...

Elizabeth Taylor's Obit Writer Died 6 Years Ago

Mar 23rd 2011 – 5:03 PM |AOL News

In a turn of fate, an Elizabeth Taylor obituary writer died six years before the death of the much-loved actress, leaving his byline as an awkward addendum to a New York Times story today about the...

Ohio Says Funeral Home Can't Use Liquid Cremation

Mar 23rd 2011 – 12:06 PM |AOL News

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An Ohio funeral home director who used lye and high temperatures to liquefy bodies has been ordered to stop the unusual practice, which authorities say is not approved under state law. For two...

Ordeal of Freed Times Reporters Highlights Dangers Faced by Journalists

Mar 22nd 2011 – 3:19 PM |AOL News

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Gunfire. Sexual assault. Beatings. These are just a few of the abuses New York Times reporters and photographers said they suffered when they were captured by the Libyan government and held for six...

Woman Accused of Killing Bethesda Co-Worker and Cover-Up Is Due in Court

Mar 21st 2011 – 11:55 AM |AOL News

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The woman accused of murdering her co-worker in an upscale Maryland athletic store and then fabricating a story about being the victim of a brutal rape and assault as a cover-up is due in court...

Guide Dog Goes Blind, So Man Gets New Dog to Lead Them Both

Mar 20th 2011 – 7:01 AM |AOL News

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Sometimes, man's best friend needs a little help of his own. Graham Waspe counted on his guide dog, a yellow Labrador named Edward, for six years. So Waspe wasn't about to give up on him when...

NY Fashion Exec Sues for $2 Million After Transfer to New Jersey

Mar 18th 2011 – 3:26 PM |AOL News

A senior manager at the New York fashion house Elie Tahari claims he had a mental breakdown after being forced to travel to New Jersey for work and is suing the company for $2 million. Thomas...

Legendary Big-Wave Surfer Sion Milosky Drowns at Mavericks

Mar 18th 2011 – 12:43 PM |AOL News

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Sion Milosky had surfed waves just like this one before. But this time, the colossal wall of water at Mavericks plunged him deep into the ocean and would not let him go. Milosky, a famed big wave...

Fourth-Grader Shares Cocaine With Classmates at D.C. School

Mar 18th 2011 – 9:51 AM |AOL News

Four students at a Washington, D.C., elementary school were briefly hospitalized after snorting and swallowing cocaine brought to the school by a fourth-grader. The unidentified fourth-grade student...

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