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Man Charged in Wife's Honeymoon Dive Death

Australian authorities decide bride's demise was no accident

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2008 11:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – An Alabama man has been charged with murdering his wife on a diving trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the AP reports. The bride, a novice diver, drowned minutes after diving to a shipwreck with her husband. He was a qualified dive rescuer but rose... Read full story »

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