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Marine faces court-martial in Fallujah killing

The government failed twice to persuade jurors that members of a Marine squad wrongly killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq. Now it's trying a third time.

Gingrich, Sharpton tour Philly with ed secretary

They say politics makes strange bedfellows. It turns out education does, too.

Mass. Senate hopefuls in race for cash, attention

Candidates in the special election to fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death are scrambling to collect the cash, signatures and backing needed to mount a winning campaign in less than four months.

Arson-plagued Pa. town shows slow signs of rebirth

The day after her row house and 14 others were severely damaged by arson, Geneva Thomas was angry and homeless, but she knew even then that she would rebuild and return to the two-story brick home she bought right out of high school.

Elevators full of unsold wheat amid fall harvest

Amid a global glut of wheat stockpiles, grain elevators across parts of the Great Plains remain crammed with unsold winter wheat as facilities brace for expected bumper fall harvests of corn, sorghum and soybeans.

Female suspect in 6 bank robberies is arrested

A woman suspected in six bank robberies last week in southern New England has been arrested.

Oregon dad gets probation in shock collar case

A northwestern Oregon man who used a shock collar for dogs on his young children has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation.

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Jet that crashed in 1955 found in Pacific near LA

An amateur historian says the wreckage of an Air Force jet believed lost at sea 54 years ago with two crewmen aboard has been found off the coast of Southern California.

Body of NY congresswoman's husband is recovered

Authorities have recovered the body of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney's husband, who died on a mountain-climbing expedition in the Himalayas.

Man faces manslaughter trial in texting case

A Southern California man accused of killing a pedestrian while driving and text messaging has been ordered to stand trial for gross vehicular manslaughter.

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North Korea warns against sanctions

North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program.

Officials seek witnesses to fatal SC chopper crash

As federal investigators looked for witnesses to the crash of a medical helicopter, funeral services were set Monday for two of the three crew members killed in the rainy weekend accident.

Brothers: Nancy Garrido cooperating in Dugard case

Kidnapping suspect Nancy Garrido's brothers say their sister is cooperating with authorities investigating the abduction of a California woman who resurfaced 18 years after she was snatched off the street as a child.

Judge to decide if 9-year-old faces rape trial

A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely did his homework and often got into fights with other students.

Search warrant affidavits kept sealed in Yale case

Search warrant affidavits in the case of a lab technician accused of killing Yale University graduate student Annie Le (LAY) will remain sealed for two more weeks.

'Survivor' winner asks to finish sentence at home

"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch is appealing a judge's decision to keep him in a Massachusetts prison until the end of his sentence for tax evasion.

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Ousted Honduran leader addresses UN via cell phone

Honduras' ousted president addressed the United Nations General Assembly by cellular phone late Monday from the Brazilian embassy in his country where he is holed up, calling on the world body to guarantee his personal safety and turn back the "dictatorship" that has taken power.

Wash. gov makes case for new Boeing assembly line

Washington's governor is stepping up public efforts to court the Boeing Co., part of a high-stakes interstate competition for the second assembly line of the company's long-delayed 787 jetliner.

3 plead guilty in New Hampshire murder plot

It was a murder plot hatched over what happened at a Wal-Mart.

Looking back at Polanski's decades-old sex case

Roman Polanski's legal troubles did not end with his guilty plea in a 1970s child rape case. They only got more complicated. The movie director fled the country before sentencing and remained a fugitive from justice for three decades until his arrest in Switzerland over the weekend.