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Jets running back Mike Goodson facing drug, weapons charges after traffic stop on I-80 in NJ

NEWARK, N.J. - New York Jets running back Mike Goodson is facing drug and weapons charges after he was found in a car with an acquaintance early Friday morning on Interstate 80 in New Jersey.

Federal appeals court upholds 8-year sentence for Boston gangster's longtime girlfriend

BOSTON - The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive.

Sound of shots sends Christoph Waltz, others scurrying at Cannes; man held for firing blanks

CANNES, France - A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover.

US woman credits 'mother's instincts' in chase of 4-year-old daughter's abductor

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A U.S. woman is citing her "mother's instincts" after she chased down a man who grabbed her 4-year-old daughter and ran into his car.

Harvey Weinstein showcases Grace Kelly, Nelson Mandela films at Cannes

CANNES, France - The Weinstein Company's fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger.

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla dies of natural causes at age 87 serving life in prison

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87.

Official: Nigeria military attacks suspected Islamic extremist camps in northeast, killing 21

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.

Iran's Asghar Farhadi and China's Jia Zhangke talk cinema and censorship in Cannes

CANNES, France - Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday - one exploring China's social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart.

2 bombs kill 9, wounds 70 inside Afghan gated community linked to Karzai family in south

KABUL - Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said.

Jets RB Goodson facing drug, weapons charges after traffic stop on I-80 in NJ

NEWARK, N.J. - New York Jets running back Mike Goodson is facing drug and weapons charges after he was found in a car with an acquaintance early Friday morning on Interstate 80 in New Jersey.

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