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Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want to air views
The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants says. Story | Video
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Congress is losing its patience with the Fed
The Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag as lawmakers question bailouts. Full story
Sizing up the next Kennedy generation
Is the political dynasty over? Full story
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Despite economy, Detroit is home
Iraqi refugees keep coming even after U.S. officials try to limit resettlement in the depressed area. Full story
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Lethal injection creator fine Ohio plan
He says ensuring that the drug works efficiently is the most important consideration. Full story
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Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite economy
Tens of thousands have fled Michigan's troubled economy in recent years, yet Iraqi refugees continue to move there despite a U.S. government policy trying to limit refugee resettlement in the Detroit area.
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Tracking tech-savvy predators gets trickier
The crackdown on child pornography and other sex offenses has created manpower shortages and technology challenges for probation officers, police and federal agents.
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Warming’s impacts worsened since Kyoto
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
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U.S., Mexico take on brutal foe
After decades of mistrust and sometimes betrayal, Mexican and U.S. authorities are increasingly setting aside their differences to unite against a common enemy.
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Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations
Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets.
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Billboard links Obama with jihadists
A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.
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Rep. Kennedy: I’m barred from communion
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy says.
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Goldman Sachs on Thanksgiving trash duty
The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free Thanksgiving dinners across New York — meals cooked by a ritzy caterer and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms.
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Proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
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