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Dancer: Slaying was not planned

A police report confirms gruesome details of how the dismembered body of 31-year-old “Fantasy” dancer Deborah Flores-Narvaez was found in two tubs filled with concrete. The man accused in her death told police the slaying was “a heat of the moment thing that happened.”

Camera makers slash prices on new point-and-shoots

NEW YORK — To fight dwindling camera sales, manufacturers are slashing prices for point-and-shoots – often below $100 – and offering more features for the money.

‘Band of Brothers’ inspiration dies at age 92

PHILADELPHIA — Richard “Dick” Winters, the Easy Company commander whose World War II exploits were made famous by the book and television miniseries “Band of Brothers,” died last week in central Pennsylvania. He was 92. Winters died following a several-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
An intensely private and humble man, Winters had asked that news of his death be withheld until after his funeral.

Doctor: Giffords breathing on her own after attack

TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors said Monday that Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had given a thumbs-up sign and tried to grab her breathing tube – heartening developments two days after surgery for a gunshot wound to the head. Dr. Peter Rhee said surgeons had seen many encouraging signs. “When she did that, we were having a party in there,” Rhee said. And even while sedated, she has reached for her breathing tube. “That’s a purposeful movement. That’s a great thing.”