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Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A Guatemalan court convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday, sentencing him to 80 years in prison, the first such sentence ever handed down against a former Latin American leader. It was the state's first official acknowledgment that genocide occurred during the bloody, 36-year civil war, something the current president, retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina, has denied.

Woman hits cop to kick smoking habit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed. Lopez smacked Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy Matt Campoy in the face Tuesday as he left the main jail at the end of his shift. He grabbed her and took her inside the jail, where she slapped his arm as soon as he turned her loose. Once she was handcuffed, the 5-foot 1-inch Lopez told Campoy she picked him because he was in uniform and she wanted to make sure she struck a law enforcement officer.

A close encounter with a wayward emu

WALNUTPORT (AP) -- An Allentown-area man says when he looked out his kitchen window earlier this week, he saw what he first thought was a huge wild turkey. Robert Leseberg went outside to get a closer look. But when the bird lifted its head and was suddenly towering over the 6-foot-3 man. This was no wild turkey. It was an emu. The flightless birds are originally from Australia. Leseberg checked with animal control officers, police and the Lehigh Valley Zoo. There are some emu farms in the region, but so far no one has claimed this wayward bird.

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