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Holy Land retrial ends in sweeping guilty verdicts (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:29 AM CST AP - After 15 years and two trials, the government has finally brought down the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, once the largest Muslim charity in the U.S.

NJ church shooting suspect captured in Ga. (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 03:02 AM CST AP - A California man accused of driving to New Jersey and fatally shooting his estranged wife and another man inside a church has been captured in Georgia.

Finally, urine recycler passes astronauts' test (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:44 AM CST AP - After several days without luck, astronauts finally ran a successful test on equipment that turns urine into drinking water — a necessity for supporting the international space station's crew, which will soon double.

Jury gets case of woman accused of MySpace hoax (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 10:20 PM CST AP - A federal jury was given the case Monday of a Missouri mother accused of conspiring with her daughter and an assistant to harass a 13-year-old girl on the Internet, allegedly precipitating the teen's suicide.

Appeals court upholds embassy bombers' convictions (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 06:54 PM CST AP - A federal appeals court established a legal precedent Monday that U.S. citizens overseas can face searches without a warrant, ruling that three Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies received fair trials.

Rents up in New Orleans while $846m sits unclaimed (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 04:07 PM CST AP - The four-unit shotgun house that Sandra Marshall bought after decades of double shifts has sat untouched since the flooding of Hurricane Katrina, while nearly $850 million in federal aid for her and thousands of other mom-and-pop landlords sits on a bureaucratic shelf.

Man killed at Scientology building had church ties (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 09:44 PM CST AP - An Oregon man who was fatally shot as he wielded samurai swords and tried to attack guests at a landmark Scientology building was a former follower of the religion who had made at least a dozen previous threats against the church, officials said Monday.

New Detroit mayor now faces perjury questions (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 09:17 PM CST AP - The second Detroit mayor in a row is facing questions about possible perjury.

Stocks soar after government bailout of Citigroup (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:38 PM CST AP - The government's plan to bail out Citigroup sent Wall Street soaring Monday for the second straight session as investors hoped that the worst of the financial industry's problems might finally be over. The Dow Jones industrials surged nearly 400 points, and all the major indexes jumped more than 4.5 percent.

Latest polygamist ranch indictment names leader (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 06:25 PM CST AP - An elder of a polygamous sect and two other church members surrendered to authorities Monday to face felony charges relating to the marriage of underage girls to older men.

More Americans serving as their own lawyers (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 01:37 PM CST AP - When Danielle Nitzel found her three-year-old marriage drawing its last breath in 2004, she couldn't afford the minimum of $1,000 she was told she would need to hire a divorce lawyer.

Police: 15-20 hurt when 3 Ark. school buses crash (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:50 PM CST AP - A crash involving three school buses has injured 15 to 20 people in southeastern Arkansas.

To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:36 PM CST AP - One man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life.

Mom: Boy accused of killing father 'loved his dad' (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 07:39 AM CST AP - The 8-year-old Arizona boy accused of fatally shooting his father and another man is a "good little boy" who loved his dad, his mother said Monday.

Judge tosses appeal condemned killer didn't want (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:21 PM CST AP - An appeal notice filed on behalf of a convicted murderer who tortured two young siblings was dismissed Monday by a federal judge, after the defendant told him he did not want to challenge his convictions or death sentences and had not given his attorneys permission to do so.

Obama urges Congress to pass costly stimulus bill; stocks surge (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:45 PM CST AP - Citing an "economic crisis of historic proportions," President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a costly, job-creating stimulus bill as quickly as possible, a rare pre-inaugural call to action delivered as the outgoing Bush administration approved fresh billions to bail out one of the nation's largest banks.

Hollywood lawyer gets 3 years in wiretap case (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:14 PM CST AP - A prominent Hollywood attorney was sentenced Monday to three years in prison in a wiretapping scheme that targeted the former wife of MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian.

Cincinnati fire kills 3 children; parents escape (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:44 PM CST AP - Three children, all under the age of 10, were killed when a fire swept through their house early Monday, fire officials said.

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