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Local media reports suggest that entire villages in the states (estados) of Alagoas and Pernambuco along the river banks have been swept away by the floodwaters.
A Catholic priest in Waterbury is accused of illegally taking $1 million from his parish for his personal use. Rev. Kevin Gray of Sacred Heart Church is now being investigated by the police.
Scott, 44, got more than 30 percent of the vote in the nine-way primary on June 8. Thurmond, 34, got about half that. There's a runoff Tuesday because no one received more than 50 percent of the vote in the coastal district that runs from Charleston to Myrtle Beach.
A 12-year-old Fulton County boy died from blunt force trauma to the head after his sister and her boyfriend “punished” him for using profane language!
James Kelley of the Urban League of Seattle says he requested Friday's meeting between the teen and the officer at a community center to help calm the situation.
When Ms. Posner died in March at age 67, Conchita and two other dogs inherited the right to live in her seven-bedroom, $8.3 million Miami Beach mansion, their comfort ensured by a $3 million trust fund.
In Ohio a six-story tall statue of Jesus that sat along Interstate 75 was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm and burned to the ground.
President Obama will address the nation in the oval office tonight at 8pm.