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SS&C Tech says Carlyle will sell half its stake

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:34pm
WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that its biggest shareholder, private equity firm Carlyle Group, plans to sell about half its stake in the company.

Funeral underway for referee who died after punch

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:34pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A funeral service is underway to honor the memory of a Utah soccer referee who was punched by a player and later died.


Chelsea held to 2-2 tie by Spurs in Premier League

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:29pm

LONDON (AP) — Gylfi Sigurdsson scored in the 80th minute, and Tottenham twice came from behind for a 2-2 tie at Chelsea on Wednesday night.


Mark Sanford renews career, must build reputation

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:27pm

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Now that former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has resurrected a once-promising political career by regaining his old House seat, he'll have to rebuild the reputation that once earned him praise as a possible presidential contender among colleagues.


Jodi Arias says she prefers a death sentence

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:15pm

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias said in a post-conviction interview with a TV station that she prefers the death penalty over life in prison.


APNewsBreak: 5 charged in CA immigration scam

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:13pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four federal law enforcement officers were charged with accepting cash, a TV, and plane tickets among bribes dating back more than a decade to help dozens of foreigners enter the country, authorities announced Wednesday.

Dancer says she gave warnings about Jackson health

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:08pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dancer who worked with Michael Jackson throughout his career testified on Wednesday that she told the director of Jackson's ill-fated concert tour that she was worried about the singer's health.


PSU coach O'Brien not expecting more transfers

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:59pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Penn State has 67 scholarship players on its football roster and coach Bill O'Brien sees no reason why that will change significantly by the time the season starts Aug. 31.


High hospital bills go public, but will it help?

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:53pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.


Hit by liner, Happ says 'I feel really fortunate'

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:53pm

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — J.A. Happ feels fortunate.


Cleveland man charged with rape and kidnapping

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:50pm

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape, accused of holding them under conditions so oppressive that they were allowed outside for only a few moments in disguise and never saw a chance to escape until this week.


Marquis outpitches Nolasco as Padres sweep Marlins

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:46pm

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jason Marquis has settled into a groove and it shows.


Puerto Rico Catholics support archbishop

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:29pm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds.


Jury finds 3 guilty of weapons plant break-in

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 6:25pm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An 83-year-old nun and two fellow protesters were convicted Wednesday of interfering with national security when they broke into a nuclear weapons facility in Tennessee and defaced a uranium processing plant.

Jodi Arias convicted of first-degree murder

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:56pm

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in self-defense.


US beats Finland 4-1 at ice hockey worlds

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:53pm

HELSINKI (AP) — Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.


Saga of marathon suspect's body drags on

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:52pm

BOSTON (AP) — Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried.


News Corp 3Q beats Street on pay TV, 'Pi'

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:49pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. beat Wall Street's forecast for the January-March quarter, helped by growing revenue from pay TV networks including Fox News Channel and FX, and the hit 20th Century Fox movie "Life of Pi."

Block where women found a friendly, careful place

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:49pm

CLEVELAND (AP) — The block where horror happened has many faces.


'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:43pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84.