In one of sports' most bizarre and gruesome tales, Brazilian football referee Otavio da Silva was killed, quartered and his head impaled on a stake after he stabbed a player to death.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler dismissed a Syrian detainee's request to end the force-feeding,but wrote, "there is an individual who does have the authority to address the issue."
The pilot was a veteran aviator but a novice at handling the massive Boeing 777, and he had not landed at the California airport before, Asiana Airlines said Monday.
The first gay domestic partnership applications were submitted Wednesday at family courts across Costa Rica in spite of a letter from Catholic bishops demanding the government squash the same-sex unions.
The president's approval rating is so low, it's negatively affecting Ticos' opinion of democracy, according to the Latin American Public Opinion Project.
Three gay and lesbian couples will apply for common-law marriages now that a new youth law has gone into effect, testing the court's interpretation of the law and its age limit.
