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Ana Maria Cardona, the Miami woman convicted of torturing and beating her toddler son to death in 1990, will be executed for her crimes, a Miami-Dade judge ruled Friday.

The furious mom of the Seattle college coed at the center of Weinergate yesterday demanded that the cocky congressman come clean about the lewd photo. "I'm really upset. I feel like he's a person of power and influence, who can make a statement and make all this go away," Carol Mizuguchi said, blasting Rep. Anthony Weiner for his continued snarky sidestepping. "As her mother, I'm really upset," Mizuguchi told The Post. "I'm pissed off at that." Mizuguchi's 21-year-old daughter, Gennette Cordova, got the surprise package -- a close-up of an underwear-clad crotch -- over the weekend in a tweet from...

After retaining legal counsel in a case in which a lewd photo was sent from his Twitter account to a 21 year-old female college student, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner says he will no longer answer questions about the matter. The matter has become a "distraction," the outspoken Democrat told reporters Tuesday, and he intends to spend his time working on congressional matters and not answering questions about what has become known in furious Internet speculation as "Weinergate." In a performance that might please a defense attorney but would make a public relations consultant cringe, Weiner, who has said his...

Statement from Gennette Cordova, student who was sent lewd Twitter photo from Rep. Weiner's account By Gennette Cordova Sunday, May 29th 2011, 7:38 PM Gennette Nicole Cordova, who received the obscene tweet from Rep. Weiner's Twitter account. Andrew Savulich/NewsRep. Anthony Weiner Related News Girl who got lewd pic from Weiner speaksWeiner says crotch pic was hacker Friday evening I logged onto Twitter to find that I had about a dozen new mentions in less than an hour, which is a rare occurrence. When I checked one of the posts that I had been tagged in I saw that it was...

DENVER—A 50-year-old man has been charged with burglarizing a marijuana dispensary in search of pot. Robert Cordova of Lakewood was arrested around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the dispensary Herbal Options in Arapahoe County.

Justin Murchison had a matter-of-fact answer Friday when asked what would have happened had a Good Samaritan with a gun not put a stop to a stabbing rampage at a Cordova Schnucks: "I'd be dead." A knife-wielding employee of the grocery store at 9025 U.S. 64 stabbed seven co-workers Friday morning before the armed civilian apprehended him in the parking lot. Another person was accosted with a knife, and yet another was stricken with heat-related symptoms. Late Friday, all the victims were alive. The attacker, identified as 21-year-old Elartrice 'Marcell' Ingram, is in police custody. He is charged with nine...

Members of the Cordova Church of Christ in Rancho Cordova, California, said goodbye to members Janice Rogers Brown and her husband, Dewey Parker, on Sunday, July 3, before their departure this week for Washington, D.C. The Parkers were honored by minister Chris Goldman and the elders of the 700-member congregation, on the couple's last Sunday at the church where she had been a member for more than 20 years. The shy and modest jurist was presented with a huge bouquet, and given hearty applause and a standing ovation which brought tears to the eyes of many members. Janice Rogers Brown...

<p>At least three men reportedly were taken into federal custody in two Pensacola malls as the FBI and the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service initiated a nationwide sweep Wednesday.</p> <p>Witnesses said plain-clothes agents closed Intrigue jewelry vendors at Cordova and University malls, Wild Things at University and possibly other shops.</p>

Bush sings Salmon praisesPresident stops in Valley to rally GOP faithful Pat Shannahan/The Arizona Republic President Bush on Sunday makes a second visit to the Valley to barnstorm for gubernatorial candidate Matt Slamon (left). By Chip Scutari and Christina LeonardThe Arizona Republic Oct. 28, 2002 President Bush mixed patriotism with politics Sunday night, saying GOP gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon will improve Arizona schools by challenging "the soft bigotry of low expectations" while keeping his word on tax cuts. "Go to your houses of worship, your community centers and your coffee shops and talk about Matt Salmon," Bush told a crowd...

Negative ads boost Renzi lead BY GARY GHIOTO Sun Staff Reporter 10/22/2002 Barely a month after being endorsed by President Bush and launching an ad campaign describing his opponent as a tax deadbeat, liar and corporate raider, Republican Rick Renzi is surging ahead in the race for the 1st Congressional District seat, says a poll released Monday. The Grand Canyon State Poll shows Renzi leading 48 percent to 36 percent among likely voters, with previously undecided voters lining up behind him. The poll shows that a dual strategy attacking Cordova's business record and personal integrity, combined with ads introducing Renzi's...

Poll: Renzi, Cordova tied early in race By GARY GHIOTO Sun Staff Reporter 09/17/2002 Democrat George Cordova of Payson and Republican Rick Renzi of Flagstaff are in a dead heat in the 1st Congressional District race, says a Grand Canyon State Poll released this morning. If the election were held today, both Cordova and Renzi would pull down 37 percent support from likely voters in the new rural congressional district that includes Flagstaff. Libertarian Edwin Porr won support from 3 percent of those responding to the survey. Showing the volatility of the contest, which is one of six races that...