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16-year-old boy charged with making racial comment over intercom at New Jersey Walmart

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:12:22 +0000

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in the southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias i...

Obama calls on Democrats to pass health care reform bill on Sunday

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:12:21 +0000

WASHINGTON - Victory within reach, President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats on Saturday for a final health care push ahead of a critical make-or-break vote for his presidency, capping off a long...

Boy Scouts files on sex abuse for 20 years now evidence in US lawsuit

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:45 +0000

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Boy Scouts of America call them "perversion files," internal documents used to track Scout leaders suspected of sexually abusing young boys, and they have become part of the publi...

Aruba to review underwater picture that tourist believes might be remains of missing US teen

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:47 +0000

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Authorities will search once again for a missing U.S. teen after an American couple took an underwater picture of what they believe might be Natalee Holloway's remains, a spokeswom...

Obama making final health care pitch to House Dems ahead of critical vote

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:41 +0000

WASHINGTON - Victory within reach, President Barack Obama set his sights on rallying House Democrats on Saturday for a final health care push ahead of a critical vote that could make-or-break his pres...

Thousands carry flag-draped coffins, 'Indict Bush' signs in DC protest on Iraq war anniversary

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:42 +0000

WASHINGTON - Thousands of protesters carried signs reading "Indict Bush Now" and flag-draped cardboard coffins on Saturday - the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq - urging the immediate...

Thousands of protesters take part in opposition rallies across Russia

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:44 +0000

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Thousands of people rallied across Russia Saturday to denounce the government's economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing...

UN chief says Israeli settlements must be stopped; Palestinian teen killed by Israelis troops

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:46 +0000

Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, while a Palestinian teenager was killed in clashes with Israeli...

Report: Iran temporarily releases prominent pro-reform politician for new year holiday

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:40 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian news agencies say authorities have released a prominent pro-reform activist two days after security forces took him into custody. The Fars semiofficial news agency and other ...

Don't light the cigar yet: Fargo officials stress it's too early to celebrate flood victory

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:42 +0000

A city used to fighting floods was confident Saturday that it had done enough to hold back the swelling Red River - even as the water inched higher - but officials stressed that it was too early to ce...

Pope orders Vatican probe into Irish church, blasts bishops, takes no Vatican blame for abuse

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:32:43 +0000

DUBLIN, Ireland - Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church failed Saturday to calm the anger of many victims, who accused the ...

Post-quake Haiti wants to feed itself - and for once, world leaders are listening

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:31:05 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing wor...

Pakistan tribal leaders endorse democracy, call for military to destroy Taliban

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:26:51 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration calling for the army to crush ...

Head of German Bishops Conference apologizes for lenient acting in abuse case

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:26:56 +0000

BERLIN - The head of the German Bishops Conference apologized on Saturday for incidents of sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest two decades ago in the Freiburg diocese. Archbishop Robert Zollits...

Don't light the cigar yet: Fargo officials stress its too early to celebrate flood victory

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:26:53 +0000