Syrian president says he will not leave country
By BARBARA SURK
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed to "live and die" in Syria, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that he will never flee his country despite the bloody, 19-month-old uprising against him.
The broadcast comes two days after British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that Assad could be
...Father credits God for helping son scale ravine
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - The father of a 19-year-old Tennessee man credits God for giving him the strength to climb up a 30-foot ravine with a broken shoulder and a broken leg after spending three days trapped near the wreckage of his pickup truck.
Tyler Campbell was spotted Tuesday by a truck driver who saw him lying beside Interstate 65 in Limestone
...Co-workers puzzle over Calif. plant shooting
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA
Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - As employees return to work Thursday at a chicken-processing plant that was the scene of a fatal workplace shooting, authorities and co-workers puzzled over what set off an ex-convict whose record had included mostly nonviolent crimes.
Lawrence Nathaniel Jones, 42, had been in and out of
...Soldier: Woman denied Army general had raped her
Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Testimony is under way for the fourth day in a hearing to determine whether a U.S. Army general will be tried on sexual assault charges.
A soldier testified Thursday that when a female captain tearfully confided to him about her three-year affair with Brig. Gen.
...Iowa parents accused of locking teens in basement
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - A suburban Des Moines couple is under arrest after their adopted teenage children reported being locked in the basement and fed under a locked door as punishment.
The 45-year-old father and 44-year-old mother are charged with false imprisonment and neglect or abandonment of a dependent person.
The Iowa Human Services Department
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