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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect

This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen.

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical...

Spaceman awaits birth on Earth

By Herald wire services

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis’ astronauts anxiously awaited word yesterday on the birth of a crewman’s daughter as they moved supplies into the...

AP reporter caught up in Stalin family’s agony

This Oct. 24, 2009 photo shows journalist George Krimsky interviewed by The Associated Press at his home in Washington, Conn.

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Conn. — Newly arrived in Moscow on his first foreign assignment, Associated Press correspondent George...

Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters

Santa Claus, also known as Patrick Farmer, at Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska Wednesday, holds letters from children sent this year.

By Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from...

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Plea deal reached in store scuffle case

This Nov. 4, 2009 file photo shows Heather Ellis, left, arm-in-arm with her mother, Hester Ellis, exiting the Stoddard County Justice Center in Bloomfield, Mo.

By Associated Press

KENNETT, Mo. — A black school teacher who claimed white police officers abused and assaulted her agreed Friday...

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

This undated photo provided Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office shows Mario Andrette McNeill.

By Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed...

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Teen pleads guilty in US border agent killing

This undated file image provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows agent Robert Wimer Rosas, who was shot and killed while patrolling Thursday July 23, 2009 in southeastern San Diego County.

By Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol...

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Memorial Bridge re-opens

Gerry Gerard, left, and Bryan Farren of the Maine Department of Transportation pick up road barriers Friday on the Kittery, Maine, side of the Memorial Bridge, making room for traffic as the bridge reopens after being closed for emergency repairs.

By Adam Leech / Portsmouth Herald

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The Memorial Bridge reopened ahead of schedule on Friday following a month of repairs that...

2 Pa. judges given partial immunity in civil suit

In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, Michael Conahan, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa.

By Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars...

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Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at LI mall

By Associated Press

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Police on Long Island shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands...

12 Klansmen rally briefly before LSU-Ole Miss game

A University of Mississippi police officer searches a member of the Ku Klux Klan before a protest on the steps of Fulton Chapel at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Saturday.

By Associated Press

OXFORD, Miss. — About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before...

Big cat show in Atlanta has 750 entries, 1 crown

In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, photo, Chandler Horn holds his Siamese cat named ‘Mezetique Fresco’ in his Lancaster, Pa., home.

By Associated Press

The cat world will spend the weekend looking for its top dog. The Western Hemisphere’s largest show for felines,...

Car chase driver dies in crash

By Herald wire services

LEWISTON, Maine - A high-speed police chase on the Maine Turnpike ended when the car cops were pursuing crashed and burst into flames, killing the driver. ...

Stockbroker swears by medicinal marijuana

By Linda Trischitta / Sun Sentinel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At a picnic table outside his office building Friday, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld took a long drag on his 115,000th marijuana...