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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.”



New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said he's trimmed state government while continuing to fund vital services in tough economic times, while Republican challenger Chris Christie insisted he could do a better job of controlling spending as the two clashed Thursday during the first debate of the governor's race.

The third candidate in the contest, independent Chris Daggett, tried to score points by saying he is the only candidate offering a workable property tax relief plan.


Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger took to the skies in New York City Thursday for the first time since January's heroic Hudson River emergency landing.
Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Jan. 15 when a flock of Canadian geese got caught in the engines, disabling both of them.

Air traffic control tried to guide the passenger jet to a small airport in New Jersey, but Sullenberger told them he couldn't make it and would land the plane in the Hudson River instead.

All 155 on board were rescued and survived the "splashdown,"