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The seminar is called “Unleash the Power Within.” The multi-day event with world-renowned motivational speaker Tony Robbins is “designed to help you unlock and unleash the forces inside that can help you break through any limit and create the quality of life you desire,” according to promotional materials. “Overcome the unconscious fears that are holding you back,” Robbins’s site proclaims. “Storm across a bed of hot coals. “Once you start doing what you thought was impossible, you’ll conquer the other fires of your life with ease.” But Thursday night’s coal walk in Dallas didn’t go so well for dozens of...

Amid inspirational talk, chanted mantras and shouts of victory at a late-night firewalking event attended by thousands Thursday came agonized shrieks from followers whose soles were scorched by the superheated coals, witnesses said. At least 21 people were treated for burn injuries after taking part in the crowning event of the first day of a Tony Robbins function downtown, including at least three who went to the hospital, a San Jose fire captain said. The people who suffered various second- and third-degree burn injuries were among more than 6,000 who attended the motivational speaker's event at the San Jose Convention...

ENVILLE, Tenn. — A state trooper has been charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after shooting his mother in the foot during a domestic dispute, authorities said Monday. Terry Rainey was being held at Madison County Jail after the shooting on Saturday night, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. The shot was fired during an altercation with his father at the parents' home in Enville, about 30 miles southeast of Jackson. The nature of the argument was not immediately known. The mother was treated and released from the hospital. Rainey was placed on administrative leave with pay pending the...

A Spanish mother has taken revenge on the man who raped her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight. He died of his injuries in hospital on Friday. Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, 69, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejúzar, 30 miles south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca. While there, he passed his victim's mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out "How's your...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Slippers believed to have been worn by the Prophet Muhammad were stolen this week from the renowned Badshahi mosque, officials said Friday. No suspects have been arrested and police were questioning eight employees of the mosque. Pakistan has strict blasphemy laws under which people convicted of insulting Islam can be executed. Whoever stole the pair of slippers could face a death sentence, according to Ghulam Sarwar Qadri, the Religious Affairs Minister for Punjab province. However, "no action will be taken if the culprits return these slippers voluntarily," he told a meeting of clerics in Lahore. The...