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A Brazilian anesthetist accused of involvement in almost 10,000 illegal abortions was found dead in her car after apparently committing suicide, authorities said Monday. The body of Neide Mota Machado, whose medical license was revoked earlier this year, was found...

Stealthily, cleverly, implacably, the officials of Sao Paulo – its 20 million inhabitants make it one of the world's largest cities – are after their prey. Since the first day of 2007, morning, noon, night and at weekends, Argus-eyed, they...

Gleiston Porcino De Andrade, 38, told several of his victims.

Santa Barbara artist Warren Schultheis didn’t really have a studio space for a big exhibit or the financial means to get one, but he had a vision: a show of works by contemporary artists responding to the question, “What will...

With simple shout-a-long choruses such as "How do I get I get my tomahawk back?"...Following suit, gospel outfit Blood Warrior (the side project of O'Death's Greg Jamie), freak folk brother/sister duo This Frontier Needs Heroes and gothic Appalachians Beat Circus...

We knew Castro Halloween was dead, but official word Friday from the San Francisco Police Department puts the final, um, nail in the coffin. Here's what the department (whose public affairs office now actually puts out press advisories!) has to...