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Rebecca Santana, Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A former nurse was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for killing her husband, hacking up his body and stuffing his remains into designer suitcases that later washed ashore along Chesapeake Bay. Melanie McGuire, 34, was convicted of murder and desecrating human remains in the 2004 death of William McGuire, 39. His body was found inside the couple's Kenneth Cole luggage in May 2004 near Norfolk, Va., nearly 300 miles from the couple's Woodbridge, N.J., apartment. "The depravity of this murder simply shocks the conscience of this court," Judge Frederick DeVesa said...

Supreme Court Justice Mishael Heshin defines the Palestinian Authority as an enemy state de facto He rejected petitions to allow Palestinians married to Israelis to settle in Israel under the family reunification law as a loophole that would pose a risk to state security. "Just listen to daily declarations made by Hamas," Heshin said. "The Palestinian people chose Hamas, which seeks to destroy Israel, and they are citizens of an enemy state." He asked why Israel should take risks with Israeli lives, any more than did England and America by admitting Germans during World War II. The judge said no...