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Cape Girardeau, MO (AHN) - A Missouri man was sentenced 20 days in jail for breaking into his ex-wife's e-mail and sending her pornographic pictures to her relatives. Alfred Seals on Wednesday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tampering with computer data. According to a probable-cause statement gained by the Southeast Missourian, 47-year-old Seals made unauthorized access to his wife's e-mail account and e-mailed the woman's family a Web site link with a message stating, "something nice to see." The link took users to a Web site that contained several pornographic pictures Seals took of his estranged wife at the time of...

With just five days left in New Jersey governor's race, the Republican nominee, Douglas R. Forrester, has released a campaign commercial featuring a quotation from the ex-wife of his Democratic opponent, Senator Jon S. Corzine. The 15-second commercial, entitled "Quote," has no spoken words, just a black screen that scrolls through a quotation attributed to Joanne Corzine. The quote, which appeared in an article in The New York Times on Wednesday, says Mr. Corzine "let his family down, and he'd probably let New Jersey down, too." When the article first appeared, Mr. Forrester declined to discuss the matter, describing it...

FEW have penetrated the closed world of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, with its enormous wealth, the lavish lifestyles of its princes and their private passions. Those who do know the truth about King Fahd and his family — the wives, mistresses and advisers — are usually well rewarded to hold their tongues. But a ruling by a senior High Court judge has opened the door to the House of Saud and will allow a rare glimpse inside. Later this year at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, the bitter dispute between King Fahd, 82, and one of his wives,...

I didn't know, sez gov's ex 2 hours, 43 minutes ago BY MAGGIE HABERMAN, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER The first wife of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said yesterday she didn't know her ex was gay until last week. "He told me just before he went on TV," Kari Schutz said in a phone interview from British Columbia. Schutz described the call from her ex-husband as "difficult," although she declined to give details. But asked if she had any idea of her husband's sexual identity during their marriage, she said, "I never knew." The governor's second wife, Dina Matos McGreevey,...

The first wife of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said yesterday she didn't know her ex was gay until last week. "He told me just before he went on TV," Kari Schutz said in a phone interview from British Columbia. Schutz described the call from her ex-husband as "difficult," although she declined to give details. But asked if she had any idea of her husband's sexual identity during their marriage, she said, "I never knew." The governor's second wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, also didn't learn her husband was gay until just days ago, sources said. One source said that McGreevey...

<p>DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A judge sentenced an Arizona woman to 60 days home detention for intercepting her husband's ex-wife's e-mail, saying the penalty is a warning to others who might be tempted to do the same.</p> <p>"Privacy is still a cherished value," U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch said in sentencing Angel Lee, 28, of El Mirage, Arizona.</p>

<p>True meaning of giving ST. LOUIS (AP) — A divorced man donated part of his liver to his ex-wife earlier this year — at the suggestion of his new fiancee. Doctors at St. Louis University Hospital said the transplant may have saved Vivian Corrie's life. Corrie, of Troy, Ill., learned in 1995 that she had primary biliary cirrhosis, a genetic liver disease that can lead to life-threatening complications. Five years later, Corrie's brother discovered he had the same disease. Before he could receive a transplant, he died in 2001 at 56.</p>

Marriage to Hamza ruined my life, says British ex-wife (Filed: 02/02/2003) In an interview with Rajeev Syal, Valerie Fleming says that the extremist preacher who was her husband for four years and with whom she has a son has brought her 'nothing but trouble' The former wife of Sheikh Abu Hamza, the hook-handed fanatical cleric of Finsbury Park mosque, has called on him to leave the country for good. Valerie Fleming, whose four-year marriage allowed the Egyptian-born Mr Hamza to live in Britain, confirmed that she would prefer it if he left the country because he "has been nothing but...

<p>VENTURA, Calif. (AP) --  A Somis woman who thought she was a widow filed suit against a hospital because a nurse, calling the wrong family, told her that her husband was dead.</p> <p>The Superior Court lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Martha Weaver against Catholic Healthcare West, operators of St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, and Nationwide Nursing Service Inc., which employed the nurse who made the June 19 call.</p>

<p>SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) --  Drunk and angry with his wife, Donald Chase held a pistol to the floor of his upstairs den and fired. The bullet passed through a carpet and the kitchen ceiling and killed his wife as she poured bottles of liquor down the sink.</p>

<p>DALLAS (AP) --  An accountant was found guilty of capital murder Wednesday for shooting to death his two young daughters while his ex-wife listened helplessly on the telephone.</p> <p>The jury took 20 minutes to convict John Battaglia, 46, in the slayings last May of 9-year-old Faith and 6-year-old Liberty.  He could get life in prison or the death penalty.  His lawyers rested their case Tuesday without calling any witnesses and said they planned to focus on saving his life.</p>