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German policeman on trial in dismemberment killing 08/22/2014 12:43pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German police officer went on trial Friday accused of strangling and chopping up a man he met in an Internet chat forum devoted to cannibalism.Detlev G., whose last name hasn't been released, is charged with the murder and defilement of a corpse after allegedly killing a 59-year-old German policeman on trial in dismemberment killing 08/22/2014 12:43pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German police officer went on trial Friday accused of strangling and chopping up a man he met in an Internet chat forum devoted to cannibalism.Detlev G., whose last name hasn't been released, is charged with the murder and defilement of a corpse after allegedly killing a 59-year-old German policeman on trial in dismemberment killing 08/22/2014 12:43pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German police officer went on trial Friday accused of strangling and chopping up a man he met in an Internet chat forum devoted to cannibalism.Detlev G., whose last name hasn't been released, is charged with the murder and defilement of a corpse after allegedly killing a 59-year-old German policeman on trial in dismemberment killing 08/22/2014 12:43pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German police officer went on trial Friday accused of strangling and chopping up a man he met in an Internet chat forum devoted to cannibalism.Detlev G., whose last name hasn't been released, is charged with the murder and defilement of a corpse after allegedly killing a 59-year-old Review: Video blackouts impede baseball online 08/22/2014 12:16pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer LA PORTE, Ind. (AP) -- Major League Baseball shows what can be done right when it comes to making its games available on the Internet. It also underscores frustrations fans have with online sports coverage in general: The business of sports is set up to feed TV se Emmy hopefuls play the angles to nab trophies 08/22/2014 12:00pm • LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- If it walks like a drama and talks like a drama and yet calls itself a comedy, that's just fine with the Emmy Awards.But the audience for Monday's ceremony (8 p.m. EDT, NBC) may suffer momentary confusion when, say, the Netflix women's prison saga A new deadly internet challenge 08/22/2014 10:29am • Dr. Drew, One Minute Clinic Twitter watches your hashtag, offers content to add to tweet 08/22/2014 09:34am • WASHINGTON -- Twitter is experimenting with a new way to offer exclusive videos and other attachments, based on specific hashtags. For the first time, Twitter users can attach a full-length TV episode with a tweet, and watch the show before it airs on television. In anticipation of Tuesday's p Family of NY man killed by chokehold talks to feds 08/21/2014 07:20pm • TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The family of an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer met with a U.S. prosecutor on Thursday to again demand a federal probe.The wife and mother of Eric Garner emerged from the 25-minute closed-door meeting Pope calls family of slain American journalist 08/21/2014 06:39pm • ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Pope Francis has called the family of an American journalist whose videotaped beheading by Islamic State militants has touched off torrents of outrage around the world.Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi confirms the pope called James Foley's parents, Diane and John Many police killings, but only Ferguson explodes 08/21/2014 06:38pm • JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer There was little violence after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer last July. Peace prevailed when at least four other unarmed black males were killed by police in recent months, from New York to Los Angeles.Then Michael Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, Mi Honda bolsters Fit to boost crash resistance 08/21/2014 06:30pm • TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- When the subcompact Fit failed a crash test, Honda went back to the drawing board.The tiny Fit, redesigned for the 2015 model year, initially flunked the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's small overlap test, earning just a "Marginal" rating. The test Ohio diocese discourages ALS ice bucket challenge 08/21/2014 05:26pm • AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- A Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio is discouraging its 113 schools from participating in the ice bucket challenge to benefit the ALS Association, saying the group's funding of embryonic stem cell research is "in direct conflict with Catholic teachin No photos: Parents opt to keep babies off Facebook 08/21/2014 04:50pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Behold the cascade of baby photos, the flood of funny kid anecdotes and the steady stream of school milestones on Facebook.It all makes Sonia Rao, a stay-at-home mother of a 1-year-old in Mountain View, California, "a little uncomfortable.""I jus Tips for parents: To post or not to post? 08/21/2014 03:18pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Privacy-wary parents are increasingly pausing before they post photos, names and other information about their wee ones on social media. Some are choosing a complete blackout, while others opt for nicknames and a few carefully selected snapshots.