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FBI: Man fatally shot after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe

ORLANDO, Fla. - A man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said Wednesday.

Aretha Franklin says she's taking June off, will reschedule 2 shows and resume work in July

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician leaves hospital 2 weeks after fall from forklift

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan left a hospital Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman said.

Photographs of Marilyn Monroe to go on display in Prague stolen from truck

PRAGUE - A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen.

Doctors in Poland performed life-saving face transplant to accident victim

WARSAW, Poland - A 33-year-old Polish man received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest timeframe to date for such an operation.

FBI: Man killed had become violent during questioning on Boston bombing

WASHINGTON - Man shot dead in Florida had become violent during questioning in Boston bombing case: FBI.

Judge in Italy orders trial for captain in shipwreck of Costa Concordia, which killed 32

ROME - An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.

Mortar lands in Congolese city of Goma as UN Secretary-General arrives in capital

GOMA, Congo - A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the United Nations secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma.

FBI agent fatally shoots man at Orlando, Fla., apartment complex

ORLANDO, Fla. - A man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando.

Captors release 7 Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai

CAIRO - Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.

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