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LONDON – Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday he opposed the death penalty for Saddam Hussein but that the deposed Iraqi leader’s trial had reminded the world of his brutality. Asked about Saddam’s sentence at his monthly press conference, Blair noted that Britain opposed the death penalty “whether it’s Saddam …

MARSHALL, N.C. – Nobody puts Rebecca Willis in a corner. A small mountain town has agreed to pay $275,000 for banning her from a community hangout after residents complained about her dirty dancing. Willis, then 56, was told to stay away from the Marshall Depot community center eight years ago. …

OMAHA, Neb. – A Texas man arrested on suspicion of first-offense drunken driving posted a $200 bond and walked out of a Nebraska jail without facing a judge. Only this wasn’t his first DUI arrest, or second, or even his third. It was 44-year-old Robert Hood’s fourth DUI arrest in …