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• Lawyer who found documents has long pursued church (AP)
• Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court (AP)
• Japanese architects Sejima, Nishizawa win Pritzker (AP)
• Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest (AP)
• NYC suspends operator's license after crane strike (AP)
• As economy sours, vendors crowd into Venice Beach (AP)
• Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor (AP)
• Alleged fugitive claims to be man who died in 1983 (AP)
• Mass. schools for blind gear up for fencing match (AP)
• NY archbishop defends pope against sex abuse furor (AP)
• Utah gov. OKs eminent domain use on federal land (AP)
• Barbara Bush undergoes tests in Texas hospital (AP)
• Tribute to SoCal teen recalls her love of animals (AP)
• Police shoot, kill ax-toting man at Calif. market (AP)

Lawyer who found documents has long pursued church (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:40 PM PDT AP - Jeff Anderson has filed thousands of lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests and won tens of millions of dollars for his clients, but he has had a bigger goal in mind for nearly two decades. He wants to bring his career-long legal crusade against misconduct in the Roman Catholic Church right to the top.

Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple's home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes.

Japanese architects Sejima, Nishizawa win Pritzker (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, a duo of Japanese architects praised for using everyday building materials to create ethereal structures that shelter flowing, dreamlike spaces, have won the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury announced Sunday.

Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one of the raids was a Christian militia group.

NYC suspends operator's license after crane strike (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - The operator of a crane that tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street, sending debris plummeting to the ground and causing several evacuations, had his license suspended Sunday because he didn't secure the crane properly, a Department of Buildings spokesman said.

As economy sours, vendors crowd into Venice Beach (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:30 PM PDT AP - Sand and surf are the least of the attractions making Venice Beach one of Los Angeles' top tourist draws.

Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:48 AM PDT AP - Issa Salomi's first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son's childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January.

Alleged fugitive claims to be man who died in 1983 (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - An accused fugitive who police say escaped while serving a 20-year prison sentence for drug trafficking claims he's a man who died in Virginia nearly three decades ago.

Mass. schools for blind gear up for fencing match (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:07 AM PDT AP - Cory Kadlik has never let being blind stop him from golfing, skating, learning martial arts or riding a dirt bike. He had his doubts when it came to fencing.

NY archbishop defends pope against sex abuse furor (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:19 PM PDT AP - Archbishop Timothy Dolan was greeted with applause after finishing Palm Sunday Mass by defending Pope Benedict XVI against suggestions he aided cover-ups of reports of child abuse.

Utah gov. OKs eminent domain use on federal land (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:23 PM PDT AP - Fed up with federal ownership of more than half the land in Utah, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Saturday authorized the use of eminent domain to take some of the U.S. government's most valuable parcels.

Barbara Bush undergoes tests in Texas hospital (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:33 AM PDT AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush remains hospitalized in Houston, where she's undergoing what a family spokeswoman describes as routine tests.

Tribute to SoCal teen recalls her love of animals (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:33 PM PDT AP - More than 1,000 people paid tribute Saturday to a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found more than a year after she disappeared walking to school. Her father urged anyone who cried for her to demand a crackdown on child predators.

Police shoot, kill ax-toting man at Calif. market (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:08 AM PDT AP - Police in southern California have fatally shot a man they say threatened an officer with an ax during a confrontation with police at a grocery store.

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