Western efforts on Syria shifting

By DALE GAVLAK and DAVID STRINGER
Associated Press

ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) - Western efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad shifted dramatically Wednesday, with Britain announcing it will deal directly with rebel military leaders and Turkey saying NATO members have discussed using Patriot missiles to protect a safe zone

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Convicted killer sentenced for escaping jail

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - A convicted killer serving a 60-year prison sentence has been sentenced to an additional seven years in prison for escape from a county jail.

The Texarkana Gazette reports http://bit.ly/SAPQAp that Cortez Rashod Hooper was sentenced Tuesday in Miller County Circuit Court. Hooper pleaded guilty to the May 28 escape as part of

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Deputy shoots dog , which is recovering from wound

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Knox County Sheriff's officials say a pit bull dog that was shot by an officer is recovering.

The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/SMJCja ) reported Officer Jeremy Wise shot the dog Monday after a man complained the dog was running loose and trying to kill his cats.

Wise wrote in his report that the dog charged him and

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Body found in Hot Springs is identified

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Police in Hot Springs say a body found in in the city is that of a Hot Springs man.

Cpl. McCrary Means told reporters Monday that the body was identified at the state Crime Lab as that of 20-year-old Joshua Williams.

The body was found Saturday afternoon by police investigating reports of a man lying in bushes in the

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Waller, Randolph, Coleman win Supreme Court races

By JEFF AMY
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Supreme Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. has won another term on the state's highest court.

A late push put Waller ahead of state Rep. Earle Banks, a Jackson Democrat, by 10%age points with 99% of precincts reporting.

Waller, chief justice since 2009, won an 8-year term

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