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A Florida jury on Friday convicted a woman of hiring a hit man to kill her new husband, rejecting the defense's contention that she and her spouse concocted the murder-for-hire plot in order to get on reality TV.

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Jury hears tale of murder-for-hire plot -- or was it reality TV plot?updated: Fri Apr 29 2011 23:21:00

In a week of testimony, a Florida jury has heard prosecutors and police describe what they say was a woman's scheme to hire a hitman to kill her newlywed husband, countered by the defense argument that the woman and her husband were using the murder-for-hire pretext to get on reality TV.

Underwater filmmaker dies during shoot in Floridaupdated: Thu Jul 22 2010 13:42:00

A man died Wednesday after filming underwater for National Geographic near Boynton Beach Inlet in Florida, according to the Palm Beach County Sherriff's Office in West Palm Beach, Florida.

No refund for canceled Vegas vacationupdated: Sat Oct 24 2009 10:47:00

Ethel Schweitzer's husband falls ill before a trip to Las Vegas, and the couple cancels their vacation. Now US Airways wants to keep their money. Why can't it offer them a refund?

Should you get pregnant if you're 50 or older?updated: Mon Jul 20 2009 14:21:00

The average American woman can live long enough to celebrate her 80th birthday, so if a woman is able to become pregnant using in vitro fertilization with a donor egg at 56, she could still watch her child grow into an adult. But just because it's possible, does that mean she should?

Oldest new mom dies at 69updated: Mon Jul 20 2009 14:21:00

The Spanish woman who gave birth to twins at 66 has died nearly three years later. CNN's Al Goodman reports.

SI.com: KELLEY: Bruins' momentum should decide Game 7updated: Thu May 14 2009 14:15:00

When sports media types don't have a clue as to which team is going to win the seventh game of a series, we go to the books. We look up how many Game 7s a team has won in its history, as if some triumph or failure 40 years ago could possibly have a bearing on the outcome. We trot out the importance of home-ice advantage knowing full well that the pressure to perform on home ice can be terrifying and overwhelming to the home team.

Coast Guard searches for missing migrants off Floridaupdated: Thu May 14 2009 11:18:00

The search continued Thursday for survivors of a boat authorities suspect was used for human smuggling that tipped over off the east coast of Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

At least 10 dead after apparent human-smuggling boat capsizesupdated: Wed May 13 2009 23:51:00

At least 10 people were killed, and an unknown number remained missing Wednesday, after a boat authorities believe was used for human smuggling capsized off the coast of Florida.

FSB: Bringing a killer new product to marketupdated: Tue Mar 18 2008 09:42:00

Dear FSB: I have some potentially profitable new product ideas. Two of the proposed offerings could be made easily and used by people worldwide. How do I get a manufacturer interested in making them or creating samples for me?

I-Report: Bush speech wrapupdated: Tue Jan 29 2008 08:38:00

Teen i-Reporter Marcus Harun of Hamden, Connecticut, runs down key moments during the State of the Union address.

Business 2.0: Betting on Bitesupdated: Sat Jul 01 2006 00:01:00

Poisonous venom from snakes, lizards, and snails is about the last thing you'd think of using as medicine. But it's what a growing number of pharmaceutical firms are basing new drugs on. "Just beca...

FSB: The Popcorn Manupdated: Thu Apr 01 2004 00:01:00

Popcorn at the movies is such a fixture of American life that it's hard to imagine anyone had to invent the concept. But in 1930, Samuel Rubin, then 12 years old, toted bags of popcorn to New York ...

Wife convicted in 'wrong man' murderupdated: Mon Mar 29 2004 12:40:00

Lee Ann Reidel smiled nearly every time she was escorted into the courtroom during her six-week murder-for-hire trial, but she cried uncontrollably Friday when a jury pronounced her guilty on all counts.

Money Magazine: Fighting to Keep Her Freedom An aging but feisty widow, whose frailties are becoming worrisome, resists her grown children's attupdated: Sun Dec 01 1991 00:01:00

Rachel Krasner's four older siblings used to tell her what it had been like to leave Russia -- how, after their mother died giving birth to her in about 1908, their grandmother packed the brood ont...

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