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Casey Anthony ordered to return for probation Casey Anthony must return to Florida's Orange County to serve probation for check fraud, a judge ruled Friday. Killer who murdered 11 women gets death A Cleveland serial killer has been sentenced to die for murdering 11 women and dumping their bodies around his property. Is your ISP cheating you out of bandwidth? Tests conducted for the Federal Communications Commission indicate that consumers aren't necessarily getting all the broadband Internet access that they're paying for. Msnbc.com's Bob Sullivan has the story in the latest installment of the Red Tape Chronicles. Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul package that virtually all Americans must carry health insurance or face penalties. Couple claim $229 million lottery jackpot The winner of a $228.9 million Powerball lottery has stepped forward, the Minnesota Lottery said Friday. Aruba officials think missing US tourist dead Authorities in Aruba believe a missing American tourist is no longer alive and are seeking to extend a detention order for her travel companion as they seek witnesses who will help them build a case against him, a prosecutor on the Dutch Caribbean island said Friday. Man entombed for 27 years in chimney The narrow, brick chimney of a Louisiana bank became his tomb for 27 years and now Joseph Schexnider will be laid to rest Sunday in a proper grave with a proper farewell by his family. Pit bull mauls pregnant woman to death A pregnant northern California woman was mauled to death by her pet pit bull, which was later shot and killed, reports say. theGrio: Hardships remain for the real-life 'Help' in US Rains bring only brief relief to dry Texas Scattered heavy rains brought badly needed relief to parched north and west Texas overnight, but the storms quickly passed and were not enough to break the devastating drought. Maine school finds Chinese recruiting a tough sell A school district in the deep woods of Maine that sought out Chinese students to help boost its enrollment and its finances fell far short of its ambitious goal of bringing in 60 students. Battle over future floods on Mississippi Another year, another "flood of the century" on the Mississippi. But while the lower Mississippi has a plan for major flooding, the upper part is more subject to nature's whims. Man accused of peeing on girl kicked off U.S. ski team An 18-year-old Olympic hopeful accused of urinating on a sleeping 11-year-old girl during a cross-country flight has been kicked off the US Ski Team's development squad. Louisville police add computers to mounted patrol Louisville police have added small, portable computers costing $3,300 apiece to the equipment used by mounted officers riding horseback patrols. Ind. teen gets 35 years for shooting classmate A central Indiana judge sentenced a teenager convicted of shooting a former middle school classmate to 35 years in prison Friday. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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