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Murder charges dropped in girl's snowy death 15 Jan 2009 | 05:50 pm
An Idaho prosecutor dropped murder counts against two men and instead charged them with involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 11-year-old girl who was trying to walk 10 miles in the snow on Chri...
Atheists want God stricken from inaugural oath 15 Jan 2009 | 02:35 pm
President-elect Barack Obama wants to conclude his inaugural oath with the words "so help me God," but a group of atheists is asking a federal judge to stop him.
Parents lose custody of Nazi-named children 15 Jan 2009 | 04:52 am
Three siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in the custody of the state, police said Wednesday.
Court OKs sex between teachers, 18-year-olds 15 Jan 2009 | 03:11 am
Washington state law does not bar teachers from having consensual sex with 18-year-old students, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a case against a former high school choir teacher.
Prosecutors to try once again to jail Madoff 15 Jan 2009 | 01:53 am
Federal prosecutors are going to try once more to jail besieged financier Bernard Madoff by taking their case before a federal judge.
Bin Laden purportedly calls for jihad over Gaza 15 Jan 2009 | 01:22 am
Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden purportedly issued a new audiotape urging Muslims to launch a jihad, or holy war, to stop the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Ukraine plays blame game over Russian gas 15 Jan 2009 | 01:06 am
The head of Ukraine's gas company said it will not resume deliveries of Russian gas to Europe on Wednesday, blaming conditions set by Russia's Gazprom.
Treasury to measure how banks use bailout 14 Jan 2009 | 01:02 pm
Under criticism for its oversight of the federal bailout program, the Treasury Department plans to examine more closely whether institutions that receive money use it to boost lending.
Italy rabbis protest pope's decisions 14 Jan 2009 | 12:19 pm
Italy's rabbis said Tuesday they were pulling out of the Italian Catholic Church's annual celebration of Judaism, saying recent decisions by Pope Benedict XVI were negating 50 years of interfaith prog...
Pentagon: Gitmo detainees returning to fight 14 Jan 2009 | 11:49 am
Terror suspects who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
