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Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Importing Drugs Into U.S.

CHICAGO – A man accused of being one of the leaders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired to import and sell large amounts of cocaine and heroin in the United States. Jesus Vincente Zambada-Niebla, 34, listened silently to an interpreter as …

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New York Man Recants Story About Killing, Burning Wife

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A New York jury is about to decide the fate of a man accused of killing his wife and burning her to cinders. No trace of the wife was found. The husband, 68-year-old jeweler Werner Lippe, says she just took off one day in the midst …

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Strong Quake Shakes Turkey, at Least 51 Killed

OKCULAR, Turkey – A strong, pre-dawn earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said. The earthquake surprised many residents as they slept, crumpling buildings into piles of rubble. Panicked survivors fled …

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