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NBA fines Mavs owner $100K for Lebron James comments
The National Basketball Association has fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $100,000 for violating anti-tampering rules with public comments he made about Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.
Ten dead in China train derailment
At least 10 people were killed and at least 55 injured when landslides caused a train derailment in eastern China early Sunday, according to state-run media.
The locomotive and eight of the train's 17 cars derailed in a mountainous area in Jiangxi Province at around 2:10 a.m., the Xinhua news agency reported.
Soldiers were working to rescue passengers who were trapped in the train, Xinhua said. Rescuers had freed at least 20 passengers; four were in serious condition and were rushed to the hospital.
The train had left Shanghai en route to the tourist city of Guilin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region when it was hit by landslides in Dongxiang County, Fuzhou City, an area recently deluged by heavy rains, Xinhua said.
Insurgents attack Afghan NATO base
Insurgents attacked a U.S.-NATO base in southern Afghanistan on Saturday night, firing rockets and attempting to breach the base perimeter before security forces repelled them, the military said.
Five rockets were fired at Kandahar Air Field, according to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Several insurgents also attempted to enter the base, but were not able to gain entry, ISAF said in a news release.
No fatalities were reported, but ISAF said some civilian workers and base personnel were injured. ISAF did not elaborate on the nature of the injuries.
Base personnel were being told "to remain in safe locations as a precaution."
The attack comes three days after nearly a dozen insurgents and a U.S. contractor were killed when a group launched an early morning attack on Bagram Air Base just north of Kabul.
13-year-old becomes youngest Mt. Everest climber
A 13-year-old American on Saturday became the youngest climber to ever summit Mount Everest.
Priest accused of having 'erotic dungeon' surrenders
[Updated 12:15 p.m. ET]Â A Polish-born priest accused of sexually abusing minors in his parochial residence in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has turned himself in, state officials said Saturday.
1 killed in W. Va. pipe bomb explosion
One person died when a pipe bomb exploded outside a nightclub in West Virginia early Saturday morning, state police told CNN.
9 killed in suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
Nine people were killed Friday night when a suspected U.S. drone struck in Pakistan's North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan, two local officials said.
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