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Bin Laden takes credit for airline bombing plot
BEIRUT — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day attempt to blow up an American civilian jet in an audiotape broadcast Sunday on Arab television...
Apparent suicide of 9-year-old in Texas raises questions
FORT WORTH, Texas — What could cause a 9-year-old to take his own life...
Biden promises U.S. will appeal dismissal of Blackwater case
BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden...
Medical pot user claims discrimination
Jason Lauve’s life began changing dramatically for the worse...
Proposition 8 opponents welcome Cindy McCain’s support of same-sex marriage
LOS ANGELES — Gay rights supporters in California say they have found an unlikely ally in Cindy McCain, the wife of Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lent her name this week to the cause of same-sex marriage...
Haitian children unite with adoptive families
LOS ANGELES — A harrowing effort to evacuate dozens of Haitian orphans to the United States started with some unexpectedly good news in those first terrible hours after the massive earthquake...
Boulder store owner spins story of success
When Narayan Shrestha left Nepal for New York City in 1977, he says he had $300 in his pocket, spoke almost no English and had only a couple of friends in America — one in Chicago and one in Dallas...
Prayer ritual item mistaken for bomb; jet lands in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — A teenager strapping Jewish religious ritual prayer boxes to his head and arm caused a scare on a plane from New York to Kentucky Thursday, prompting the pilot to land in Philadelphia, officials said...
Controversial Proposition 8 backer is grilled on beliefs about gays
SAN FRANCISCO — A leading proponent of California's...
University president urges increased efforts at finding missing Americans
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Find the Americans missing in Haiti and bring them home, Lynn University's president told Congress on Thursday...
