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Islamic State releases video of beheading of British hostage
The Islamic State released video that shows the beheading of a British hostage and appears intended as a threat to countries backing military action in the Middle East. The video identifies the victim as aid worker David Haines, who went missing last year while working in Syria for an international aid agency. The beheading is the third videotaped and posted in the past month by the Islamic State. It has similar visual characteristics to videos showing the beheadings of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff. In those videos, the insurgent group warned President Obama there would be consequences if the United States did not stop airstrikes in Iraq. British Prime Minister David Cameron held an emergency meeting Sunday of his military and security chiefs, calling the Islamic State "monsters."
Adrian Peterson turns himself in to Texas authorities on child abuse charge
Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson turned himself in to authorities in Montgomery County, Texas, early Saturday where he was booked on a charge of injury to a child before posting $15,000 bond and being released. Peterson's attorney, Rusty Hardin, released a statement saying the charge involves the use of a "switch" to spank Peterson's son — the same type of discipline Peterson experienced as a child growing up in East Texas. Peterson, 29, lost another son in October when the 2-year-old child died of head injuries sustained in an assault allegedly at the hands of the boyfriend of the boy's mother. Peterson was put on the inactive list for the Vikings home opener against New England Sunday.
N. Korea sentences American to six years hard labor
North Korea sentenced an American to six years of hard labor Sunday for allegedly entering the country illegally and trying to spy on the highly secretive state. Matthew Miller, 24, of Bakersfield, Calif., has been held since April 10, when he entered North Korea as a tourist with a New Jersey-based tour company. State news agency KCNA reported that Miller had torn up his tourist visa during his trip and said he wanted asylum. Miller is the second of three U.S. citizens being detained in North Korea to be tried and jailed. Kenneth Bae, 45, a Korean-American missionary, is serving a 15-year sentence of hard labor in North Korea. U.S. tourist Jeffrey Fowle, 56, a street repairs worker from Miamisburg, Ohio, awaits trial for leaving a Bible at a seamen's club in May. After Sunday's verdict, the U.S. State Department urged North Korea to release Miller, as well as Bae and Fowle.
Manhunt for Pa. trooper shooter continues
The search for the suspect in the shooting death of a Pennsylvania State trooper headed into its third day Sunday. Federal investigators and authorities from New York and New Jersey joined a burgeoning manhunt and hundreds of interviews were to be conducted. Cpl. Byron Dickson, a seven-year veteran and married father of two young sons, was killed around 10:50 p.m. Friday about 35 miles east of Scranton. Dickson, 38, and Trooper Alex Douglass, 31, were shot during a shift change in what police say was an ambush. Douglass remained in critical but stable condition Sunday after surgery for gunshot wounds at Scranton's Geisinger Medical Center. Calls to his parents' home went unanswered.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Marcos Maidana again in rematch
There is plenty of drama around Floyd Mayweather but no room for a trilogy. He did not let his second bout with Marcos Maidana ignite demand for a third, beating Maidana far more convincingly Saturday night than he did May 5. Mayweather kept his WBC welterweight championship and raised his record to 47-0 by reverting to his quickness and craft. He won a unanimous decision and quieted a large, melodic contingent of Argentine fans among the 16,144 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mayweather will earn at least $32 million for the fight.
