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Mafia ex-girlfriend says FBI used mob muscle in 1964 civil rights case

Published October 30, 2007

The FBI has never acknowledged it used mob man Gregory Scarpa.

Pope urges against sale of “immoral” drugs

Published October 30, 2007

.VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholic pharmacists on Monday to use conscientious objection to avoid dispensing drugs with "immoral purposes such as, for example, abortion or euthanasia." In...

Somali prime minister resigns post

Published October 30, 2007

The president and prime minister had been vying for power for some time.

Indian protesters jailed

Published October 30, 2007

>NEW DELHI (AP) - Some 27,000 landless people gathered in New Delhi, hoping to march to Parliament with a single demand - give us land. But police locked them up Monday, chaining the gates to the vast...

Ruling yet to be determined in custody battle between Federline and Spears

Published October 30, 2007

.LOS ANGELES (AP) - Britney Spears arrived in court giggling on Friday but was later heard swearing during a break in a closed hearing that ended with no decision on her bid for shared custody of her two...

Black lawyers still rare at Supreme Court

Published October 29, 2007

In the history of the Supreme Court, only two black men have been justices.

Shots fired on campus of a Missouri college; no one injured and no arrests

Published October 29, 2007

.MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Shots were fired during the night on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University during homecoming weekend but no one was injured, school officials said Sunday. No one had...

British politician’s talk creates uproar

by Lindsay Guentzel
Published October 29, 2007

Michigan protesters took offense to his political views, calling them "racist."

Gap promises action after British newspaper finds child labor problems

Published October 29, 2007

.LONDON (AP) - Clothing retailer Gap Inc. said Sunday that it will convene all of its Indian suppliers to "forcefully reiterate" its prohibition on child labor after a British newspaper found children...