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St. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) -- A snowplow driver and his wife went to great lengths to dispose of the body of a popular teacher they had just beaten and strangled, putting her nude body on a tarp, pouring bleach on it, weighing the corpse down with concrete blocks and tossing it into the Connecticut River, court documents allege....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar has sent out a surprisingly broad guest list for elections Sunday, hoping to showcase its democratic credentials to the world....

Scientists at Aberystwyth University have discovered a group of solar tornados - several times wider than the Earth - on the face of the sun.

A second inquiry into the death of a woman who fell down a mineshaft in Ayrshire finds that fire commanders did not act quickly enough to save her.

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) -- Prosecutors who say an "obsessed" Kansas man killed a 14-year-old cheerleader and burned her body at an asphalt plant must prove aggravating circumstances, such as sexual assault, to secure a capital murder conviction....

The state constitution does not impose a reasonable suspicion standard before a drug dog can be used on a vehicle. People v. Esparza, 2012 CO 22, 2012 Colo. LEXIS 224 (March 26, 2012).

Sobriety roadblock was set up by a supervisory officer two days earlier by surveying in the area. The fact only two officers manned the roadblock was not an issue to make it unreasonable. State v. Brown, 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 337 (March 26, 2012).*

The district court didn’t find probable cause for arrest, but the appellate court does, so the false arrest claim is foreclosed. “In this case there was certainly arguable probable cause. The undisputed evidence showed that within seven minutes of being informed of a possible break-in and assault, Turner spotted Fleming in an alleyway approximately one-half block from the crime scene. Fleming was the only person in the area and he substantially matched the description of the intruder that one of the victims had given to Turner—he was wearing a baseball cap, t-shirt, and camouflage cargo shorts. From this evidence, a police officer could have reasonably, if mistakenly, believed that probable cause existed to arrest Fleming. This is true even if Haleigh had described Turner's t-shirt as ‘light-colored’ because witnesses often have minor details incorrect.” Fleming v. Livingston County, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 6268 (7th Cir. March 28, 2012).*

The British army is to set up a military academy in Afghanistan from 2013 to train members of the country's growing armed forces.

Former captain Michael Vaughan says England need to freshen up their top order after a run of four straight Test defeats to subcontinental sides.

Frida Ghitis says that with 30 Tibetans setting themselves on fire in protest, it's time for China to change its policies toward Tibet.

A general strike is under way in Spain as unions oppose reforms the government says are essential to boost the economy.

PARIS (AP) -- A French court convicted longtime perfume maker Jean-Paul Guerlain of making racist insults on national television and fined him Thursday (EURO)6,000 ($8,000)....

PARIS (AP) -- A French court convicted longtime perfume maker Jean-Paul Guerlain of making racist insults on national television and fined him Thursday (EURO)6,000 ($8,000)....

24 hours of news photos 29 March

The BBC's Stephanie McGovern takes a tour of Google's Tech Campus in Old Street, London.

A taxi driver is remanded in custody following a collision with eight pedestrians - including six railway workers - in the centre of Cardiff.

The parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain is fined 6,000 euros for making racist comments on television in 2010.

The cell-phone video shows a scene straight out of hell: a darkness lit only by billowing smoke, tinted orange and red from nearby flames, as a vehicle hurtles toward safety.

A report into a brutal attack on two boys by two young brothers in South Yorkshire fails to provide answers, the education secretary says.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash's baritone or Hank Williams' heartbreak....

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- An 18-year-old Ukranian woman died Thursday, two weeks after her grisly rape set off protests across the country against corruption and favoritism toward the wealthy....