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DEWSBURY, England, April 9 (UPI) -- The mother of Shannon Matthews made a brief court appearance Wednesday in northern England, where a magistrate ordered that she remain jailed.
Karen Matthews was formally charged Tuesday with neglecting and abusing her 9-year-old daughter and with perverting the course of justice. She allegedly faked her daughter's kidnapping, police said.
After the charges were read out, a magistrate in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, remanded her for at least a week, The Times of London reported.
Shannon's alleged abduction set off a massive search that officials say cost at least a million pounds ($2 million) in police overtime alone, the BBC reported. She was found 24 days later at the home of an uncle of Karen Matthews' partner.
Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for the parents of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, said that requests for money from people claiming to be Shannon's relatives had come to a fund set up by the McCanns. He said that one was made by an unnamed "aggressive man," the Times said.
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DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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