GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina jury says a former Marine from Las Vegas is guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a pregnant colleague whose remains were found under a backyard firepit.
The jury of seven women and five men decided 23-year-old Cesar Laurean was guilty of killing 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach of Vandalia, Ohio, in December 2007. The two were assigned to the same logistics unit at Camp Lejeune.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Tiger Woods and his wife officially divorced Monday, nine months after shocking revelations that golf’s biggest star had been cheating on his wife. The divorce was filed in Bay County Circuit Court in the Florida Panhandle. The couple had married in October 2004 in Barbados and have two children, 3 and 1. “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” they said in a statement released by attorneys.
NEW YORK — Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter – for now. She has more than 5.7 million followers. She overtook Spears over the weekend and posted a video late Saturday on YouTube. Gaga called her fans her “little monsters” as she thanked them for beginning “my reign as Twitter queen.”
COPIAPO, Chile — Engineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside a Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out. A team of doctors and psychiatric experts also arrived Monday at the remote mine, implementing a plan to maintain the miners’ sanity as well.
LONDON — A video game that allows players to adopt the role of the Taliban is a “tasteless product,” Britain’s defense secretary said, calling on retailers to show their support for troops by not selling it. Liam Fox said he was “disgusted and angry” by “Medal of Honor,” produced by California-based Electronic Arts Inc.