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| Judge in Miami Rules Florida Ban on Gay Adoption Unconstitutional |
| A 1977 Florida state law that bans gay individuals from adopting has received its biggest challenge thus far: Foster father Frank Martin Gill won his suit to adopt two brothers he has been fostering s... |
| Pa. settles lawsuit over boy's shooting for $12.5M |
| Pennsylvania will pay $12.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the father of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot by troopers after he hopped out of a stolen vehicle. |
| Democrats head for bigger House majority |
| U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., left, addresses supporters with Senator Bob Casey, D-Pa., right, during a campaign rally outside a steel workers union hall in Latrobe, Pa. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. (AP P... |
| USGS: 6.5-magnitude quake strikes northwest China
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| AP - A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck remote northwestern China on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. |
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Mexico traffickers bribed former anti-drug chief, officials say |
Noe Ramirez Mandujano, a prosecutor who resigned as head of the SIEDO organized crime unit in July, is arrested on suspicion of passing intelligence to Sinaloa drug gangsters.
In a spiraling probe of corruption at the top levels of Mexican law enforcement, authorities said Friday that the nation's former anti-drug chief had accepted $450,000 to tip off traffickers. |
| Residents to inspect Calif. homes charred in fire |
| (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, POOL)A Metro Bus carries residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif. to see the destruction from the wildfire on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Once consider... |
| Possible shooting reported at Florida high school
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| AP - Police were investigating reports of a possible shooting at a city high school Tuesday, and one student was hospitalized with serious injuries. |
| General bucks culture of silence on mental health |
| (AP Photo/Blackledge Family Photo)In this photograph provided by Maj. Gen. David Blackledge, Blackledge, right, stands in front of a helicopter in Iraq in this undated photograph. Blackledge got psych... |
| NAACP: Expel NC students for racist Obama graffiti |
| The North Carolina NAACP wants North Carolina State University to expel four students accused of painting racist messages about President-elect Obama on campus. |
| Bush to attend interfaith debate at UN |
| New York - US President George W Bush will join other heads of state at the United Nations next week for discussion on religion and cooperation for peace, the UN said Wednesday. The Kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and presidents of the Philippines,... |
| October producer prices fall by record 2.8 percent
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 Reuters - Producer prices fell a record 2.8 percent in October as energy prices slid, government data on Tuesday showed, but a measure of core inflation at the farm and factory gate rose more than forecast.
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| Amtrak train kills pedestrian in Chicago suburbs |
| An Amtrak train has struck and killed a pedestrian at a rail station in northern Chicago suburb of Edgebrook. |
| Officials: Dems plan quick 2009 start on bills |
| Eager for a quick start, Democratic congressional leaders intend to begin work in early January on priority legislation so it can be ready for President-elect Barack Obama's signature shortly after he takes office, according to officials familiar with the plans. |
| Vt. sex offender to be released after only 3 years
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| AP - A sex offender whose lenient sentence for molesting a child led to a crackdown on punishment for sexual predators in Vermont will likely be released from prison next month, state corrections officials say. |
| US government presses appeal on detainee photos |
| The U.S. government has gone to an appeals court to fight an order that it give the American Civil Liberties Union pictures of abusive treatment of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Boxers or briefs? Dallas thief picks 130 panties |
| A man has proven that you can never have too much underwear when he stole more than 130 pairs of panties from a Victoria's Secret store. |
| Poor oversight endangers Haiti students |
 The rumor shot like electricity through the Haitian capital: Another school was falling. Desperate parents and would-be rescuers ran through alleys, leaped over walls and wrestled with police to reach the scene.
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| 2 guilty of selling prosthetic for drug tests |
| Two men whose company sold a device known as the Whizzinator that helped men cheat on drug tests have pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh. |
| Obama likely to push courts away from right |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will have a chance to appoint dozens of sympathetic judges to U.S. federal courts over the next four years, reversing the judiciary's shift to the r... |
| US pledges 10 million dollars in immediate aid to Haiti |
| Washington - The United States will provide 10 million dollars in aid to help Haiti recover from the devastation of four tropical storms and hurricanes this season, the White House said Wednesday. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said the US would deliver sup... |
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