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A Texas middle school teacher has been placed on leave after a lasso lesson gone wrong left a seventh-grader with rope marks around his neck.
Police in Sacramento, Calif., say they've arrested a man suspected of a carjacking that left a woman dead and of shooting and wounding a man at a gas station.
Dachshunds are a surprisingly aggressive breed of dog, as one in five of the dogs have tried to bite a stranger, U.S. research indicates.
Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 17 points Friday to lead seventh-ranked Memphis to a 71-49 rout of Tulane in the semifinals of the Conference USA Tournament.
Robert Dozier and Willie Kemp had 13 points each and 10th-ranked Memphis had five players in double digits Saturday, in a 95-51 trouncing of Tulane.
No. 15 Connecticut opened the game on a 12-4 run Sunday afternoon and walloped Texas Southern, 106-55.
Glen Davis had 20 points and 13 rebounds Saturday to lead the 12th-ranked LSU Tigers to a 74-67 victory over the Tulane Green Wave.
Director John Gulager, last season's winner of TV's "Project Greenlight," is set to unleash his horror film "Feast" upon U.S. theaters next month.
Rodney Carney totaled 18 points, five rebounds, two assists, a steal and a blocked shot Thursday night as 5th-ranked Memphis beat Tulane, 75-56.
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