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A Riverton (Utah) family got a rude awakening Wednesday morning by a SWAT team. Deputies say they had a warrant. But the home owner says it's all a big misunderstanding.

NEW YORK - Alexandra Broseus grabs a shotgun, lifts it to her slender shoulder, pumps, and readies her aim. Seconds later, she's firing furiously, gunning down the animated deer darting across the screen of this video game inside a popular, hipster bar in Manhattan called Horseshoe. When the shooting ends and the adrenaline wanes, Broseus — wearing a zebra-striped dress _ brings the plastic barrel to her lips and blows the imaginary smoke into the air.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein did not vote in Iraq’s historic election but he could have done if he had turned up at a polling station, officials said on Tuesday. The former dictator was eligible to vote as an Iraqi citizen with no criminal record. Despite being accused of crimes against humanity and genocide, he has not been convicted.

MURRAY — A Murray High senior had a truly "memorable" 18th birthday Thursday when she and her girlfriend found out they'll be "cutest couple" in the yearbook. "It is really cool," said Kortni Coats, who will be named in the yearbook, along with Taunica Crump, her girlfriend of seven months. "We had joked around about it, but we had never thought we would actually win," Coats said. "It is so cool that all these students stand behind us and are supporting us." The decision follows a revote after an apparent tie with a junior-senior pair.