MALI (AFP) — Malians voted yesterday in a crucial presidential election as attacks disrupted polling in areas already beset by deadly ethnic and jihadist violence.Counting has started in some of the 23,000 polling stations which closed at 1800 GMT. First results are expected within 48 hours and the official outcome is set to follow on Friday at the latest.
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Violence mars Mali presidential election
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grandmother who spent 11 years in prison for killing her grandson has been released after her lawyers provided evidence that the boy might have died from an accidental fall. Loyola Law School attorneys said Wednesday that Maria Mendez was released from prison late last month after pleading no contest to manslaughter and child abuse for the 2006 death of her 9-month-old grandson. Mendez served 11 years of a 25-year sentence. Under a deal with Los Angeles County prosecutors, she was resentenced to time served. During trial, county medical experts testified the boy’s traumatic brain injuries were caused by abuse. But Mendez’s lawyers last month presented CT scans and autopsy photos indicating the injuries could have been caused by an earlier fall. The district attorney’s office says it remains confident in the validity of its medical trial evidence. (© Copyright 201 8 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast rewritten or redistributed.)
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Grandmother Convicted Of Killing Grandson Freed From Prison
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The New York Jets have signed free agent cornerback Curtis Brown. Brown, 26, was a third-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2011 out of the University of Texas. The Jets announced the signing Tuesday. We have signed free agent CB Curtis Brown- http://t.co/3V3T7x0y7B pic.twitter.com/ysuJcbDnV9 — New York Jets (@nyjets) February 10, 2015 Brown has 49 total tackles, two passes defensed and one forced fumble in 34 NFL games, with no starts. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in November 2013 and was released by the Steelers last March. Brown did not play last season. Brown’s uncle, Hosea Taylor, played three NFL seasons as a defensive end with the Baltimore Colts from 1981-83. (TM and
