Batiste, the alleged ringleader, testified that he faked interest in terrorism in an attempt to scam $50,000 from a man he thought was from al-Qaida. That man was actually an FBI informant.
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The Masters now has 93 players expected to compete, with one more spot available to the winner in Houston if he is not already eligible. Among those still not eligible is Davis Love III, whose 70 consecutive majors is the longest streak among active players.
Lonard was one shot behind Andres Romero and faced [...]

Magistrate Daniel Hawkes brought his courtroom to the school in hopes that the proceedings would show students the dangers of alcohol, especially in the weeks leading up to the prom and graduation.Hawkes, whose program is unique in New Mexico, also sentenced two people at the school last year. He brings with him a plywood court [...]

Reardon said in a statement Saturday that AFTRA, which mostly represents broadcast performers, was finished “wasting time assessing whether our partner is being honest with us.”Guild President Alan Rosenberg responded Sunday that his organization, a larger union that represents film and prime-time TV talent, had “no desire” to woo daytime soap stars away from the [...]

Holding onto the arm of soprano Angela Gheorghiu, an overcome Zeffirelli responded: “I feel so extremely moved by your extraordinary welcome… I am speechless with all the emotion — and the commotion!”Behind him was the set of his 1981 production of “Boheme,” with le tout Paris out and about in the Latin Quarter, including a [...]

Fayed’s father, Mohamed Al Fayed, has long claimed that his son and Diana were killed in a plot orchestrated by the intelligence services and masterminded by Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He repeated the claims in testimony to the inquest.
Scott Baker began summing up Monday, opening the final chapter in an extraordinary inquest that [...]

“I’m definitely proud of what we’ve accomplished and what we’re about and what we’ve just proven all year,” Curry said. “… But it’s going to hurt. This game’s going to hurt a lot for the next however long.”Curry, the son of former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry, had made the tournament his own little party, scoring [...]

“You’re joking, right?” said Jason Tyler, a 23-year-old fan from Atlanta, wearing wrestling boots, trunks and a fake gold-plated championship belt. “I don’t care what these guys take as long as they put on a good show.” Most of the fans I approached Sunday with questions about steroids looked at [...]

Brisk winds? A steady mist? No problem. “To get to come to the Super Bowl of wrestling?” he said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing.” At least Ringgold, a 29-year-old electrician who lives in Winter Springs, had almost a straight-on view of the action. The Camille [...]

Mark Dollard, co-owner, manager and chef for the Brick %26amp; Fire Pizza and Wine Co. and who last month compared the scene to a “demilitarized zone,” also was anxiously awaiting the barricades coming down. Opening the street to car traffic — and making it more appealing to pedestrians with the [...]