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The ‘Cat Lady of Baghdad’ battles on, saving strays of Iraq

Published April 30, 2008

>BAGHDAD (AP) - The mission was to get Simba al-Tikriti out of Iraq and to a new life in Britain. First, a roadside bomb nearly wiped out the taxi heading to the border with Kuwait. The next step was...

DNA testing frees Dallas man after 27 years

Published April 30, 2008

James Lee Woodward had been in prison for a murder that he did not commit.

French judge can’t ban Internet video of motor racing chief

Published April 30, 2008

.PARIS (AP) - A judge said Tuesday it was not within his jurisdiction to ban an Internet video of motor racing chief Max Mosley with prostitutes, but he ordered the French recall of newspapers containing...

Prof helps McCain health plan

by Devin Henry
Published April 30, 2008

University finance professor Steve Parente contributed his knowledge to the senator's plan.

London’s Old Bailey criminal court puts archive online

Published April 29, 2008

>LONDON (AP) - In the scales of justice in 19th-century London, the theft of two coats, two pairs of trousers, two waistcoats, a handkerchief, a pair of gloves and a notebook equaled one life. John...

Truckers protest sky-high gasoline prices

Published April 29, 2008

The $4.20 per-gallon-average cost of diesel means some drivers just break even.

Wis. parents who prayed as daughter died are charged

Published April 29, 2008

The 11-year-old diabetic girl's parents saw her illness as a test of faith.

HIV still holds great stigma, especially in African culture

by Hilary Brueck
Published April 29, 2008

Some HIV-positive immigrants have been deported by their families.

Strike in Scotland closes major North Sea oil pipeline

Published April 28, 2008

>EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Hundreds of workers at Scotland's only oil refinery on Sunday began a 48-hour strike that has forced BP PLC to shut a pipeline system that delivers almost a third of Britain's...