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Croatian war criminal dies after drinking poison in UN court

The wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces, Slobodan Praljak, died after he drank poison seconds after a U.N. judge turned down his appeal against a 20-year sentence for war crimes against Bosnian Muslims.

 
Tip leads to arrest of suspect in string of Tampa killings

A recent college graduate who was charged in four slayings that terrorized a Tampa neighborhood over the past 51 days used the same gun in all of the shootings and targeted people near bus stops with no apparent motive, a police chief said Wednesday.