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Oscar Pistorius denies 'partying it up' while awaiting trial

Olympian Oscar Pistorius was seen "partying it up" at a Johannesburg restaurant last weekend, according to South Africa's Sunday Times. The paper quotes witnesses who spotted he double-amputee sprinter knocking back shots and flirting with women. Many...

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Oscar Pistorius is spotted on the track in South Africa

Less than two months after being charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend, sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been spotted on the track and could soon resume training. A picture of the double-amputee athlete, wearing his famed blades, appeared in the...

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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Neighbors' on ABC

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 24 - 30, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     --------------------   SERIES Whitney Whitney (Whitney Cummings)...

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Friend says Oscar Pistorius is on the verge of suicide

Mike Azzie, a longtime friend of Oscar Pistorius, says the Olympic star is "on the verge of suicide" after being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. "I would say that, just speaking to him, that he is a broken man and that I would...

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Oscar Pistorius' reps name substance found in his bedroom

Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...

Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, Oscar Pistorius, International Olympic Committee, World Anti-Doping Agency

Oscar Pistorius plans own memorial service for Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius is planning to hold his own memorial service Wednesday night in Pretoria, South Africa, for girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot and killed on Valentine's Day. It is unclear exactly what Pistorius' service would consist of or how...

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Oscar Pistorius is granted bail by South African magistrate

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- After a roller-coaster four-day bail hearing, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday ahead of his murder trial after Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair ruled there was no risk he would flee to escape justice....

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Police commissioner replaces investigator in Oscar Pistorius case

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega moved swiftly Thursday to replace the lead detective in the Oscar Pistorius murder case after embarrassing revelations that the officer is facing attempted murder charges....

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Investigator in Oscar Pistorius case faces attempted murder charges

PRETORIA, South Africa -- In a bizarre twist to a closely watched court case, South African media Thursday reported that the lead police detective in charge of the Oscar Pistorius murder investigation is himself facing seven counts of attempted murder....

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Oscar Pistorius' lawyer attacks police work after shooting

PRETORIA, South Africa -- Prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled what seemed to be damning testimony against double-amputee Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murder in the death of his girlfriend: One witness, they said, heard noises that sounded...

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Read excerpts from Oscar Pistorius' affidavit about fatal shooting

Oscar Pistorius appeared in a South African court on Tuesday facing charges that he shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day. Pistorius said that he thought Steenkamp was a burglar and he shot her under that assumption....

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