Ex-Raider Going To Trial For 4 Murders

A Los Angeles County judge on Friday ordered that Anthony Wayne Smith, a defensive lineman who played for eight years in the 1990s for the NFL’s Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, must stand trial for four murders.

Judge Lisa Chung ruled after a four-day preliminary hearing in a…

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22 Saved From Sinking Boat in San Francisco Bay

Nearly two dozen people who were enjoying a bachelor party on what’s billed as San Francisco Bay’s only “floating wine tasting room” are OK after their boat hit a shoal near Alcatraz Island and began sinking Friday night, officials said.

The 45-foot Neptune hit the shoal around…

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Body of Missing 10 Year Old Found

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) — A body found in a suburban Denver park was identified Friday as that of a missing 10-year-old girl, as anxious parents kept close watch over their children because of the potential presence of a predator in their midst, authorities said.

The body of Jessica Ridgeway…

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Mom Gets 99 Years For Beating, Gluing Childs Hands

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas woman who beat her 2-year-old daughter and glued the toddler’s hands to a wall was sentenced Friday to 99 years in prison by a judge who described his decision as a necessary punishment for a brutal, shocking attack.

Elizabeth Escalona did not immediately…

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No Winner For Past Tours If Armstrong Stripped of Wins

PARIS (AP) — The Tour de France will have no official winner for the seven races from 1999-2005 if Lance Armstrong is stripped of his victories by the International Cycling Union.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Tour director Christian Prudhomme called the U.S. Anti-Doping…

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