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Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder
A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:35 pm
Fate of black teacher in Mo. case rests with jury
A jury is deliberating the fate of a black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers in Missouri
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:35 pm
Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:25 pm
Ala. court says woman can't claim $41.8M jackpot
The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunc…
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:20 pm
UN committee targets Iran's rights violations
A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:20 pm
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:15 pm
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying…
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:10 pm
Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:10 pm
Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland
Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:10 pm
Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:10 pm
Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term
The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:05 pm
Spokesman says world's largest atom smasher circulates beam of protons after yearlong repairs.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:05 pm
Pa. university students upset about fitness class
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:50 pm
Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base
The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:50 pm
UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:45 pm
Murder trial move to LA a setback for transit cop
The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit officer charged with killing an unarmed man on New Year's Day.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:20 pm
Pa. judges in juvenile kickbacks case win immunity
Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply private detention facilities with juveniles have been granted partial immunity from civil liability.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:20 pm
SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor
South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:15 pm
Lawyer: Ohio's legal injection a human experiment
An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:55 pm
Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful
An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:40 pm
