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Facing hard times, Shriners may close 6 hospitals

Published April 9, 2009
Shriners hospitals, which have provided free care since before the Great Depression, are considering closing a quarter of their facilities as donations stagnate, costs increase and the charity's endowment shrivels.

Lawsuit: Firms sold poison gas ingredients to Iraq

Published April 9, 2009
The complaint filed Tuesday in Baltimore by five Iraqi expatriates and the Nashville, Tenn.-based Kurdish National Congress seeks class certification for an estimated 100,000 Kurds. The Republic of Iraq is also named as a defendant.

Shipping company says captain is unharmed

Published April 9, 2009
The shipping company Maersk says the captain being held by pirates off the coast of Africa has made contact with the Navy and the crew of his ship and so far is unharmed.

3 slain Pittsburgh officers remembered as heroes

Published April 9, 2009
At a memorial service attended by 10,000 people Thursday, each was remembered as a hero, someone who found his calling in uniform and carrying out the motto: To protect and serve.

Murder charge dismissed in Ala. baby death

Published April 9, 2009
The autopsy of an Alabama baby was so badly botched a judge dismissed a murder charge against the mother Thursday.

Wisconsin inmate charged with assisted suicide

Published April 8, 2009

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) âÄî A Wisconsin prison inmate encouraged his cellmate, a high-profile killer, to commit suicide in January and helped him follow through with the hanging, authorities said Wednesday....

Family: Calif. girl found dead killed by ‘monster’

Published April 8, 2009

TRACY, Calif. (AP) âÄî Police have served more than 15 search warrants in their attempt to hunt down whoever killed an 8-year-old girl and stuffed her body in a suitcase, but say they "don't want...

Former Gophers WR shot, killed in L.A.

Published April 8, 2009
Damien White, who left the team before the 2008 season, was killed Sunday.

Hundreds mourn 3 slain Pittsburgh police officers

Published April 8, 2009

PITTSBURGH (AP) âÄî Law enforcement officials from as far away as Georgia and Boston gathered Wednesday to pay tribute to three fellow officers killed in the line of duty over the weekend. Allegheny...

Border deaths up despite apparent dip in crossings

Published April 8, 2009

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) âÄî Illegal immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border have risen in the past six months despite a nearly 25 percent drop in arrests by the Border Patrol, according to patrol...

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