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CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela has acquired Russian-made surface-to-air missiles and announced the creation of an elite military unit trained to use the new weapons. Chavez said the missiles are for self-defense and denied that Venezuela poses a military threat to other countries. “We don’t …

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – An upstate New York woman who helped illegally remove bone and tissue from corpses in 2005 has been convicted on all 103 counts. Kirssy Medos, formerly known as Kirssy Knapp, ran the Brighton office of the now-closed Biomedical Tissue Services. The New Jersey based company harvested bone …

A woman whose husband was keeping exotic animals including lions, cougars and tigers without a valid license was mauled and killed by a 350-pound pet black bear Sunday night. Kelly Ann Walz, 37, was pronounced dead on the scene at the couple’s home in Ross Township, Penn., on Sunday. Pennsylvania …