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Maine’s marriage debate turns deeply religious

Published April 22, 2009

Gay couples took turns pleading for recognition of their partnerships, while opponents warned that state sanctioning of same-sex marriages would fracture a basic building block of society.

Police: NY man beat, asphyxiated family in hotel

Published April 22, 2009

A New York tax attorney whose investment dealings prompted an FBI investigation beat and asphyxiated his wife and daughters in a Maryland hotel room, then answered a call from his daughter's roommate before killing himself, police said Wednesday.

Man arrested in Mexico in Cincinnati-area slayings

Published April 22, 2009

Authorities in Mexico have arrested a man in the slayings of four Mexican construction workers who had been beaten and methodically stabbed in the heart at the Ohio apartment they shared, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Polo player links supplement to 21 horse deaths

Published April 22, 2009

The horses began collapsing Sunday as they were unloaded from trailers before one of the sport's top championships at the International Polo Club Palm Beach.

Prospectors hope new Calif. gold rush will pan out

Published April 21, 2009

COLOMA, Calif. (AP) âÄî There's still gold in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, and a new rush is under way to find it. Not since the Great Depression have so many hard-luck people been lured...

Police: Med student targeted women on Craigslist

Published April 21, 2009

Phillip Markoff, a second-year medical student at Boston University, appeared in court Tuesday on charges including murder, kidnapping and armed robbery.

Pot advocates nationwide inhale, celebrate 4/20

Published April 21, 2009

OAKLAND, California (AP) âÄî Cannabis advocates weren't just using their high holiday of April 20 to light up âÄî they were throwing fundraisers for medical marijuana clubs and planning...

Family of 4 from NY dead in Md. murder-suicide

Published April 21, 2009

Autopsies were being done Tuesday. Police Cpl. Michael Hill said police did not yet have a motive for the killings and declined to say how the victims were killed, except to specify that they were not shot or stabbed.

Piracy charge with mandatory life penalty looms

Published April 21, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî The sole surviving pirate from an attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast will be tried as an adult after he was portrayed Tuesday as the brazen ringleader of a...

Pirate comes to NY, world away from home in Africa

Published April 21, 2009

The decision by the federal government to bring the young man to justice here has thrust the skinny teenager into the international spotlight, and raised legal questions about whether the U.S. is going too far in trying to make an example of someone so