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Accused murderer’s bond set at $1M

CLEVELAND — A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a garbage can at an abandoned house in Cleveland has had his bond set at $1 million.

Bond for 35-year-old Yaphet Bradley was set Monday in Cleveland Heights Municipal Court in suburban Cleveland. He’s charged with aggravated murder, corpse abuse and tampering with evidence in 31-year-old Miriam Johnson’s death. Court officials say Bradley didn’t enter a plea.

Bradley’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office says Johnson died of a gunshot wound to the head and stab wounds to her torso, arms and legs.

Investigators say the Cleveland Heights woman was killed around Feb. 26. She was reported missing about a week later, and her body was found March 25.

World War II soldier dies at 102

AUBURN, Maine — A World War II soldier who became a spy in Europe for the forerunner of the CIA has died in Maine. Irving Isaacson was 102.

Isaacson was a retired lawyer in Lewiston. The Albert & Burpee Funeral Home in Lewiston confirms he died at Hospice House in his native Auburn last week.

He was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to the Office of Strategic Services. The Portland Press Herald reports he was trained to parachute behind enemy lines. He also helped the Dutch resistance effort.

Isaacson spied on the Soviets in eastern Europe. He authored “Memoirs of an Amateur Spy: The Story of the First OSS Spy in the Cold War with the Russians” in 2001.

SpaceX launches used supply ship

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has launched a used supply ship on a used rocket to the International Space Station.

The Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday, hoisting a Dragon capsule full of food, experiments and other station goods for NASA.

The Dragon and its 6,000-pound shipment should reach the space station Wednesday. The station astronauts will use a robot arm to grab it.

It’s the second trip to the orbiting lab for this particular Dragon, recycled following a visit two years ago. The Falcon’s first-stage booster also flew before — last summer.

SpaceX has combined a recycled Dragon and a recycled Falcon once before.

Family member identifies victims of fire

EAST DURHAM, N.Y. — A house fire in rural upstate New York has left five people dead and one hospitalized in critical condition — all believed to be from the same family.

Family member Cathy Ballone tells the Albany Times-Union the victims who died were her parents, Nicholas and Mary Mammano, and her brother John Mammano’s three young children.

The nearby Gavin’s Inn scheduled a church prayer service for the family Monday evening, saying John Mammano works at Gavin’s and is hospitalized with burns.

The fire broke out Monday morning in a home along Route 145 in East Durham, 30 miles southwest of Albany. The house was reduced to a charred framework.

Couple marries in supermarket

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Attention all shoppers: wedding in Aisle 13.

A couple who met at a supermarket have tied the knot there with canned carrots and peas among their wedding guests.

The Valley News Dispatch reported 69-year-old Larry Spiering and 61-year-old Becky Smith married Sunday at the Community Supermarket in Lower Burrell, where they met 10 years ago.

Smith said she was working at the supermarket when Spiering walked up and gave her a piece of paper with his name and phone number on it. She said it was only fitting that they married in the aisle where they met.

By The Associated Press

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