Heather Locklear taken to Calif. hospital (AP)
AP - Authorities say Heather Locklear was taken to a Southern California hospital for precautionary reasons after receiving an emergency call from her home.
Assad vows victory, Syria accused of war crimes (Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Wednesday to vanquish "foreign conspirators" plotting to end his rule, and an Arab League observer quit Syria, accusing the authorities of committing war crimes.
Suicide attackers storm office in Afghan east, 7 killed (Reuters)
Reuters - Three suicide attackers stormed a government building in Afghanistan's volatile east on Tuesday, sparking a six-hour gun battle with security forces in which four government employees and three policemen were killed, authorities said.
Ark. woman stabbed granddaughter, killed self (AP)
AP - An Arkansas woman who adopted her granddaughter after her son's death in Iraq stabbed the 7-year-old girl in the chest and then set fire to their home in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Monday.
U.S. moves toward legal action against Swiss bank: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. authorities are moving toward taking legal action against Wegelin & Co, which could lead to an indictment of one of Switzerland's last pure private banks, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, according to two persons with knowledge of the case.
Syria buries victims of contested bombing (Reuters)
Reuters - Crowds waving Syrian flags and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad gathered Saturday to bury 26 people who the authorities said were killed by a suicide bomber at a busy Damascus crossroads.
Turkey’s custody laws draw flak after general held (Reuters)
Reuters - A day after the jailing of Turkey's former military chief, pending possible trial on accusations he tried to overthrow the government, newspaper columnists criticized the authorities for failing to reform sweeping pre-trial custody laws.
Father: Suspect in deadly Utah shootout had PTSD (AP)
AP - Search warrant in hand, a team of bulletproof vest-wearing officers rapped on the door of a small, red-brick Utah house, identifying themselves as police. When no one responded, authorities say, the officers burst inside.
Cops use cadaver dog in search for missing SC boy (AP)
AP - Cadaver dogs looking for a South Carolina boy searched his mother's car and home as she sat in jail on charges of lying to police about what she did with her son, though authorities were not saying whether they found any evidence the toddler was dead.
Utah officer killed, 6 others wounded in shootout (AP)
AP - Search warrant in hand, a team of bulletproof vest-wearing officers rapped on the door of a small, red-brick Utah house, identifying themselves as police. When no one responded, authorities say, the officers burst inside.
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