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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - A woman accused of setting two fires on the same day in the same southeast Portland apartment was arrested. According to the Multnomah County Jail, 19-year-old Dymond Unigue Ragland was arrested Saturday morning by Portland police at an address on Southeast 122nd. Ragland is facing two counts of first-degree arson. Portland Fire & Rescue said investigators were searching for Ragland last week after she was identified as a suspect in two arson cases. Last Thursday, PF&R crews were called out to 2135 Southeast 122nd Avenue at 1:47 p.m. for a fire in an apartment. Firefighters then...

Hairbrained hoops hero Dennis Rodman is claiming buddy Kim Jong Un has miraculously transformed North Korea into a “24th-century country.” The former Chicago Bulls star made the shocking comments in a whacky interview with DuJour magazine.

Jemma Beale, a UK citizen, has accused 15 men of rape. One of the accused fled the country rather than serve time. Another spent two years in prison because of Beale's accusations. Now she's going to prison, because it turns out all her accusations were bollocks: A fantasist who made up bogus rape and sex assault claims against 15 men in three years for "attention" has been jailed for 10 years. ... The 25-year-old would injure herself and use self-inflicted cuts and bruises against the 15 victims she falsely accused of sex attacks -- including one who fled the country...