Actor Patrick Swayze’s achievements include several feature films such as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” as well as living with advanced pancreatic cancer for longer than most patients. That Swayze, who died Monday at age 57, survived nearly two years with the condition is “quite an accomplishment,” Dr
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Jimmy Carter weighs in on Kanye West’s VMA stunt
Report: Man raped daughter, fathered four
Terror cell leader arrested in Pakistan
Big cities prove apt for apps
Four killed in anti-terror raid in Indonesia
Folk singer Mary Travers dead at 72
Hofstra student recants gang rape allegations
Charges have been dropped against four men accused of raping an 18-year-old student at Hofstra University after the woman recanted her allegations, prosecutors said. A judge dismissed all charges Wednesday night and ordered the release of the four men — Jesus Ortiz, 19; Stalin Felipe, 19; Kevin Taveras, 20; and Rondell Bedward, 21; all of the New York metropolitan area, according to Nassau County, New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice
Yemeni government defends efforts to end girls’ marriages
The Yemeni government Wednesday defended its efforts to end the practice of young girls marrying, citing last week’s death during childbirth of a 12-year-old Yemeni. “Over the years, the government of Yemen has embarked on an awareness campaign to end the practice of young marriages, which has been deeply rooted in the rural cultures of Yemen,” said Mohammed Albasha, a spokesman in Washington for the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, in a written statement
Actor Henry Gibson dead at 73, spokesman says
Actor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73, his representatives said Wednesday. Gibson was a regular on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” where he was known for popping up to read short, humorous poems during the show’s 1968-71 run