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Report says, 13 bodies found in western Mexico

A total of 13 bodies have now been found in or around Lake Chapala in western Mexico, an official said Saturday. The head prosecutor of Jalisco state, Eduardo Almaguer, told the Milenio television network that the dead apparently were members of a gang and came from nearby communities. He said they were killed by their former criminal allies in the neighboring state of Michoacan on or around Sept. 21. The bodies of the 12 men and one woman were then apparently tossed into a river that feeds into the lake. They were found at the opposite end of the lake from the town of Chapala, popular among tourists and American retirees. Also Saturday, a soldier died in a shootout with criminals in the central state of Guanajuato, one day after five soldiers were killed in an ambush in the northern state of Sinaloa. The Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office said police and soldiers were chasing a three-vehicle convoy of armed men in the township of Comonfort, Guanajuato, when the gunfight brok

Ryder Cup: Captains at logger-heads in ‘spin’ game

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III and European supremo Darren Clarke showed off their skills as master motivators and polished spin doctors after Friday’s see-saw opening day of action at Hazeltine. The Americans, desperate to end a ruthless run of three successive victories by Europe, stormed to a 4-0 sweep of the morning foursomes before the Cup holders fired back by winning three of four fourballs matches to whittle down the U.S. lead down to 5-3. So, is it better to take a two-point lead into the second day of the three-day event after squandering a four-point lead, or is it better to have seized the momentum even if your team trails on the scoreboard by two points? The answer is yes, according to the duelling captains. “Obviously happy to be 5-3,” said Love. “It was a good start. It was a good day. Proud of our guys.” Clarke was pleased as punch with his team’s standing. “As I’m sitting in my seat right now, in the position we were in at lunch time, I would definitely s

Water logging, fallen trees create traffic jam in city

Most of the streets of Kolkata went under water while four large trees fell at important crossings creating traffic jams as incessant rains lashed the city for hours. Local train services from Howrah as well as in both Sealdah North and South sections were delayed after tracks were submerged under rain water, officials said. Disaster management teams of Kolkata Police rushed to areas D C Dey Road in Tangra area, Bompas Road near in Tallygunge, Harish Mukherjee Road in front of SSKM Hospital, Sarat Bose Road near Deshapriya park after trees were uprooted in those areas and cut the branches to ease traffic movement. "No one was injured in the areas and our team of officers of the DMG are working hard to help removing the fallen trees," a senior officer of Kolkata Police told PTI. Inundated streets added to the woes of commuters returning home as buses and taxis almost vanished from the roads following incessant rainfall since afternoon. Surging rates of app-based cab s