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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Florida police chief says he was stunned when a lawyer friend of his was charged by U.S. authorities with running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The BBC has come under fire for a controversial Internet discussion it sponsored on proposed legislation in Uganda to execute some homosexuals.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby scored the only shootout goals Thursday in bringing the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 victory over Philadelphia.

MIAMI, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Dwyane Wade sparked Miami to a quick start Thursday and the Heat coasted to a 104-86 victory over Orlando.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Robert Lang scored the winning goal in the third round of the shootout Thursday, lifting the Phoenix Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over Columbus.

CHICAGO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Luol Deng started a big fourth-quarter run Thursday that vaulted the Chicago Bulls to a 98-89 victory over New York.

DETROIT, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Jimmy Howard made 30 saves Thursday to pick up the first shutout of his career, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-0 victory over Tampa Bay.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Some mandatory furloughs at reduced pay for California corrections officers ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are illegal, a court ruled Thursday.

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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Russian bodybuilder, television personality and actor Vladimir Turchinsky has died of a heart attack at the age of 46, his family said Thursday.

ATLANTA, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Rich Peverley's second goal of the game, coming 1:16 into overtime Thursday, gave Atlanta a 6-5 victory over Dallas.

UNIONDALE, N.Y., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Ryan Callahan scored two power-play goals Thursday and added two assists in boosting the New York Rangers past the New York Islanders 5-2.

LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Turkish emigre living in Britain has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for drugging and torturing his teen daughter before she died in an "honor killing."

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was the top-selling DVD in the United States last week, Rentrak Corp. announced Thursday.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Henry Frazier III, who took over a Prairie View A&M football program that once lost 80 straight games, was named winner of the Eddie Robinson Award Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Al Franken, one of the U.S. Senate's newest members, forced veteran Sen. Joseph Lieberman to cut short his remarks on healthcare Thursday.

MONTREAL, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves Thursday and won for the seventh time in eight starts while carrying Minnesota to a 3-1 victory over Montreal.

WARREN, Ohio, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Convicted ex-congressman James A. Traficant Jr. says he may run for Congress again, possibly in Ohio or Pennsylvania.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said Thursday he thinks golf's premier circuit can remain healthy no matter how long Tiger Woods stays away.