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STONEHAM, Mass —A store owner used chili powder to take down an armed robber who barged into a convenience store on Main Street in Stoneham late Saturday evening. Brett Osgood, 25, of Revere was arrested and charged with armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and witness intimidation. According to the police, Osgood went into the convenience store late Saturday evening and purchased a $2 lottery scratch ticket. A short time later, he allegedly returned with a man in his 40s who attempted to cash in a scratch ticket. While Khan had the...

DALLAS - A woman accused of suffocating her 5-month old daughter by using chili powder as a thumb-sucking remedy was convicted of manslaughter Sunday. Angela DiSabella, 21, of Irving, was sentenced to seven years in prison for the 2004 death of her daughter, Kira. DiSabella had been charged with capital murder. Jurors convicted her on the lesser charge after nearly 11 hours of deliberations. According to an affidavit, DiSabella told police she put chili powder on Kira's thumb after getting the idea on the Internet. Police said the child was malnourished and had chili powder in her throat and on...