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Miss Kentucky Latina lost her crown and faces assault charges after being accused of beating a woman and stabbing a man in the neck with a ball-point pen, police say. CBS affiliate WKYT-TV in Lexington reported that police in Richmond arrested Daniela Gaskie, 22, after attacks on a gas station attendant and pharmacist last week. Gaskie was the reigning Miss Kentucky Latina until the organization found out about the arrest. Gaskie also was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. She is scheduled to appear in Madison District Court on Oct. 19. The pharmacist, Mary Ann McKinney, told msnbc.com on...

Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert...

SEMINOLE, Fla. - A former cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who was proposed to on the reality TV show "The Bachelor" was accused of punching a man she lives with in the mouth, authorities said. Mary Delgado was taken into custody just after midnight Wednesday on a battery charge and was under the influence of alcohol when she was arrested, according to a police affidavit. Delgado received a proposal on the show in 2004 from professional bass fisherman Byron Velvick. The two appeared together Tuesday in a special episode of "The Bachelor" called "After the Final Rose." The police...