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Elizabeth Smart said Thursday that the man accused of snatching her from her Utah bedroom seven years ago, when she was a 14-year-old girl, raped her repeatedly — three or four times a day — during the nine months he held her captive as one of his wives.

Smart, now 21, was testifying for the first time against suspect Brian David Mitchell, though the two never came face-to-face in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was removed before Smart arrived and taken to a holding cell where he could listen to the proceedings.


Philly.com is reporting that the Philadelphia Eagles have filed a 124-page lawsuit against South Jersey radio company Equity Communications for violating the team’s trademarks and licensing agreements. According to the lawsuit, in an attempt to draw business, radio station WZXL is accused of repeatedly using Eagles logos, player likenesses and other trademarked materials without permission in order to falsely present the station as having an affiliation with the Eagles. In a 2004 e-mail included in the complaint, Equity Communications President Gary Fisher wrote that he fully understood that Eagles logos were “off limits” and apologized for the infractions. According to the lawsuit, however, the infractions have continued year after year and now the Eagles are coming on with a full legal blitz.”


The alleged killer of an Egg Harbor Township mother and daughter faced a judge and heard the charges against him for the first time Thursday afternoon, just a day after the two women were found dead in their home in the township's Shires development.

Nicholas Nigro III, 25, faces two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Paula Mulder, 21, and her mother, MariJane Buri-Mulder, 48. He is also charged with weapon possession.


At least 1,100 people are dead in Indonesia as a result of two large earthquakes in as many days, United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes told reporters Thursday.
Hundreds more are believed to be injured, Holmes said. "These numbers, I fear, will rise as more information becomes available," he said. "It's still feared that thousands of people are trapped under damaged houses and many buildings."