CASTLE ROCK, Colo., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A court has ruled a Colorado man is not retarded, clearing the way for a death penalty if he is convicted of the dragging death of his girlfriend.

TAMPA, Fla., March 1 (UPI) -- A troubled Florida jail was hit with more claims of abuse by corrections officers Friday.

EDINGBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A man in Edinburgh, Scotland, says the beer bottle that bonked a policeman on the head was tossed by him in an effort to get someone's attention.

TRURO, England, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- When England's Mungo Jerry member Paul King allegedly saw his girlfriend in bed with another man, he probably never thought his troubles were just beginning.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- To most people, flesh is just flesh. And then there are the body piercers. To them and their clients, flesh is a blank canvas, ripe for the kind of creative expression that comes from piercing it with surgical stainless steel -- or whatever metal suits o

Drummer Gus Johnson was born this day in 1913 in Tyler, Texas. He was a sideman for singers Lena Horn and Ella Fitzgerald, and also powered the big bands of Jay McShann, Earl Hines, Count Basie and Woody Herman.

A roundup of top sports stories.

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ATLANTA, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Atlanta Hawks forward DerMarr Johnson suffered a serious head injury in an automobile accident early Friday morning.