Zumba Sex Scandal: Alexis Wright Pleads Guilty to 20 Counts - ABC News

A Maine Zumba instructor who was charged with running a prostitution ring out of her dance studio has pleaded guilty to 20 misdemeanor counts, ending the high-profile case that captured national attention. Former fitness instructor Alexis Wright, 30,...

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One More Time, an Old-Fashioned Big East Game - New York Times

At the final buzzer Saturday, Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim stood with his hands hanging by his side and sighed. He is 68 now, and there is little he has not seen. Even a victory that sends his team to the Final Four, as Saturday's 55-39 victory over Marquette...

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India's Hindu party elevates controversial leader - The News International

March 31, 2013 - Updated 1227 PKTFrom Web Edition NEW DELHI: The main opposition Hindu nationalist party has elevated Narendra Modi, a deeply divisive figure in Indian politics, to the party's top decision-making body with his supporters...

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Texas district attorney, wife found dead - Detroit Free Press

Investigators are looking into the deaths of a North Texas district attorney and his wife, just two months after an assistant district attorney who worked in the same office was gunned down outside the county courthouse. Police discovered the bodies...

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Obama touts infrastructure in Florida trip focused on economy - Reuters

1 of 2. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on infrastructure investment at PortMiami in Miami, Florida, March 29, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Jeff Mason MIAMI | Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:22pm EDT MIAMI (Reuters)...

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Alaska congressman rebuked over slur - Tampabay.com

Washington Alaska legislator rebuked over slur National leaders of both major political parties condemned Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young on Friday for calling Latino farm workers "wetbacks," a slur that comes at a time when the Republican Party is...

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Maine Zumba teacher who used studio as prostitution front could get jail time ... - Fox News

PORTLAND, Maine –  Prosecutors say they'll recommend a 10-month prison sentence for a Maine Zumba teacher who used her fitness studio as a front for a prostitution operation. Alexis Wright pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts including engaging in...

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Youth ministry performs Stations of the Cross - Imperial Valley Press

CALEXICO – Members of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church's youth ministry led a packed audience through the iconic Stations of the Cross during a Friday performance marking Good Friday.Participants practiced every Sunday for the past couple months...

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Arizona man, 86, sentenced to probation after mercy killing of his ailing wife - Fox News

PHOENIX –  There was no doubt 86-year-old George Sanders killed his ailing wife. Yet everyone in the small Arizona courtroom — the prosecutor, the judge and even the couple's family members — agreed it was a time for compassion, not punishment....

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Nelson Mandela 'responding positively' in hospital - BBC News

28 March 2013 Last updated at 11:44 ET Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "responding positively" to treatment for the recurrence of a lung infection, the presidency says. A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader...

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Soyuz docks with station after abbreviated rendezvous - CBS News

Updated 11:13 PM ET A veteran Russian commander, a rookie cosmonaut and a Navy SEAL-turned-astronaut rocketed into space Thursday and glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station less than six hours later, a record-setting rendezvous...

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Cutting back on sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards carry cost ... - Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could...

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Reports: Barbara Walters set to retire - CNN International

By Alan Duke, CNN updated 7:20 PM EDT, Thu March 28, 2013 Barbara Walters' amazing career Barbara Walters' amazing career Barbara Walters' amazing career Barbara Walters' amazing career Barbara Walters'...

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Blast kills 6 near US Consulate in restive region of Pakistan - CNN International

From Zahir Shah Sherazi, for CNN updated 3:43 AM EDT, Fri March 29, 2013 STORY HIGHLIGHTS A suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated himself at a checkpoint The blast wounded paramilitary officers Peshawar is adjacent to Pakistan's restive...

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Months After Massacre, Obama Seeks to Regain Momentum on Gun Laws - New York Times

By Ben Werschkul Obama Renews Plea on Gun Control: Standing with gun victims' mothers, President Obama made a push to lawmakers to pass his gun-control legislation next month. WASHINGTON — With resistance to tougher gun laws stiffening in Congress,...

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Ashley Judd Won't Run Against Mitch McConnell - The Moderate Voice

Mar 27, 2013 by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell must be breathing a sigh of relief. And so, if you believe the reports, are some Democrats. Actress, and Democratic activist Ashley Judd has decided not to run against...

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Internet slows down after DNS attack on Spamhaus - The Guardian

Spamhaus has been under attack since adding a Dutch hosting organisation called Cyberbunker to its list of unwelcome internet sites. Photograph: Piotr Pawinski/Alamy Hundreds of thousands of Britons are unsuspecting participants...

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Alleged Aurora theater shooter offers guilty plea to avoid death sentence - Daily Caller

The man accused of shooting up a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at an Aurora, Colo. movie theater last year, killing 12 and injuring at least 58 others, has agreed to plead guilty and spend his life in prison without the opportunity for...

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Records provide new look at Giffords' shooter - Houston Chronicle

PHOENIX (AP) — An erratic Jared Loughner walked into a convenience store with an urgent message for the clerk: "I need a ride to Safeway." It was Saturday morning, and then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' meet-and-greet started at 10 a.m. As he waited for...

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Mandela Back in Hospital With Lung Infection - New York Times

JOHANNESBURG – Former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to the hospital to be treated for a recurring lung infection, South Africa's current president, Jacob Zuma, said in a statement from his office on Thursday, appealing for people around the...

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Cyprus Opens Banks Amid Withdrawal Limits to Thwart Runs - Businessweek

Cyprus's banks are preparing to open their doors today for the first time in almost two weeks, with new rules curbing access to the cash some customers have been struggling to find for food and bills. The Central Bank of Cyprus's capital controls will...

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$322 million lottery winner will buy a car and have some fun - NEWS.com.au

Pedro Quezada, the winner of the Powerball jackpot, talks to the media during a news conference at the New Jersey Lottery headquarter. Quezada , 44, won the $338 million jackpot with the winning ticket he purchased at Eagle Liquors store in Passaic,...

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TSMC Factories Evacuated After 6.1 Magnitude Quake Hits Taiwan - Bloomberg

Taiwan's largest earthquake this year killed one person and forced rail lines to shut while factories returned to normal after evacuating employees. A tremor measuring 6.1 struck the central region of Nantou county at 10:03 a.m., Taiwan's Central Weather...

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NY Auto Show: Land Rover's Range Rover Sport makes world debut - Los Angeles Times

Land Rover, citing the New York area's market as its largest in the world for its Range Rover Sport SUV, brought an all-new version to the 2013 New York International Auto Show on Tuesday night.Designed as an amalgamation of the compact Evoque crossover...

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