PATERSON, N.J., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Three adults are facing child cruelty charges in New Jersey for allegedly cutting a 7-year-old girl, prosecutors say. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said Yenitza Colichon, the mother of the unidentified girl, was indicted on fourth-degree cruelty and neglect of a child charges along with Julio Cano and Zahira Cano, The Bergen County (N.J.) Record reported Friday. Authorities allege in addition to cutting the young girl, the three suspects forced her ... Read Full Story

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida judge ordered the man accused of a deadly shooting spree in an Orlando office building held without bail at a brief jailhouse hearing Saturday. Jason Rodriguez was advised he is being held on a charge of first-degree murder, the Orlando Sentinel reported. One person was killed and five wounded Friday. The shootings occurred at an architectural and engineering firm where Rodriguez once worked. A spokesman for Reynolds, Smith & Hill told The Wall ... Read Full Story

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Mexican prosecutors say three suspects, including three doctors, were arrested for allegedly abducting and selling newborn babies from a Mexico City hospital. The attorney general's office said the alleged scheme operated out of a private hospital where the suspects allegedly told parents their infants had died and then turned the babies over to buyers who registered them as their own. A married couple and a woman were also arrested for allegedly purchasing two ... Read Full Story

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Three Collierville, Tenn., teenagers must perform community service for participating in illegal organized bare-knuckle fights, a judge said. Juvenile Court Magistrate Herbert Lane Friday remanded the 16-year-olds into the custody of the state Youth Services Bureau, which oversees home confinement, and ordered the youths to do community service work, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reported Saturday. The case will be erased from their records if the tee... Read Full Story

MOSCOW, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The Russian navy grounded its Pacific fleet aircraft Saturday after a reconnaissance plane crashed off Sakhalin Island, leaving 11 people missing. The wreckage of the Tu-142M3 Bear-F was discovered Saturday in 144 feet of water a few hours after the four-engine, turboprop aircraft went down during a training mission Friday night. "A special commission is investigating the causes of the crash of the plane, which had 11 people on board, a fleet spokesman said. A preli... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.The markets were able to shake off a disappointing report on the US labor market that sparked renewed doubts about the economic recovery.Some analysts say the market is gaining confidence slowly that an economic recovery will take root soon. Others say the rally, like the recovery, remains fragile... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Actress Tippi Hedren says two tigers that used to belong to the late pop star Michael Jackson are doing at a preserve outside Los Angeles. Hedren, who adopted Thriller and Sabu in 2006, said the big cats appear to have adjusted to life at the Shambala Preserve, the New York Daily News reported Saturday. said Hedren, who runs the California preserve. Hedren, whose preserve houses more than 70 big cats, said she was disappointed to learn Jackson, who died June ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The creators of say the U.S. children's TV series' 40th birthday is being marked with special ceremonies in New York and Washington. The Boston Globe reported Saturday in addition to the ceremonies, the series' birthday Tuesday will bring about a new 13-episode season of filled with trendy celebrity guests and updated parodies. Among the stars to appear on the newest season of the puppet show are NBA star Kobe Bryant, actress Christina Applegate and Michele Obama... Read Full Story

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A New York woman who castrated her abusive father has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for his death. Brigette Harris, 29, was sentenced Friday for second-degree manslaughter in the death of Eric Goodridge, 55, The New York Daily News reported Saturday. On July 28, 2007, Harris handcuffed Goodridge to a chair in her apartment, gagged him with a towel, severed his penis with a surgical scalpel and then cooked the penis so it couldn't be reattached. Autho... Read Full Story

by Mohamed Hasni BALHAF, Yemen (AFP) -- Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.In a hillside ceremony overlooking the coast, President Ali Abdullah Saleh inaugurated exports by pushing a button giving the order to start pumping LNG from the terminal to a vessel anchored offshore.The first shipment was to be sent to South Korea, with plans to also... Read Full Story