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Francisco Oropesa, 38, is accused of shooting his neighbours 'execution-style' late last week after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard so a baby could sleep.

Monday, April 18, 2011

PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela - Fires were extinguished Tuesday at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery after raging for more than three days following a deadly explosion, officials said.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canadian boxer Mary Spencer had to wait until the championship bout before she was really tested at the Pan American Games.

An ugly start to the season led to Columbus sitting dead last in the NHL, but the Blue Jackets hadn't yet hit rock bottom.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - To prepare for the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas this weekend, Grammy-winning country star Brad Paisley is doing some research.

CARACAS, Venezuela - A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 80 others in one of the deadliest disasters ever to hit the country's key oil industry.

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles and gaining six more years to cement his legacy and press ahead with his crusade for socialism in Venezuela.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez named a new vice-president on Wednesday, choosing his longtime foreign minister, Nicolas Maduro.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan voters Luis Gustavo Marin and Dunia Nessi are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but as Sunday's election draws closer they both fear what will happen if their candidate loses.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez bowed out of Venezuela's presidential race on Tuesday, saying he will support his leading rival as the opposition seeks to field a single candidate to challenge President Hugo Chavez.

MEXICO CITY - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it is continuing an internal probe into allegations its Mexico subsidiary paid bribes to get stores built and will co-operate with any investigations by authorities.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is being treated for "respiratory deficiency" after complications from a severe lung infection, his government said, pointing to a deepening crisis for the ailing 58-year-old president.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Somber confidants of President Hugo Chavez say he is going through a difficult recovery after cancer surgery in Cuba, and one close ally is warning Venezuelans that their leader may not make it back for his swearing-in next month.

SUNRISE, Fla. - Adam Henrique's first Game 7 was one he'll never forget.

SUNRISE, Fla. - Stephen Weiss waited 10 years. The Florida Panthers waited 15 years.

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Hugo Chavez's sudden return to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatments in Cuba has fanned speculation that the president could be preparing to relinquish power and make way for a successor and a new election.

LONDON - They were very ordinary would-be terrorists, with big plans but bad luck.

A jury convicted three young British men of being ringleaders of an al-Qaida-inspired plot to explode knapsack bombs in crowded parts of Birmingham, England's second-largest city.