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Published
April 13, 2010

Father takes funeral protesters to Supreme Court

Albert Snyder sues the Westboro Baptist Church for picketing his son's funeral.
Published
April 13, 2010

Two propose N.H. gambling site

GROVETON, N.H. – Two Groveton businessmen are pitching a plan to bring gambling to New Hampshire’s North Country. The New Hampshire Union Leader reports businessmen Tom Leduc and Brian Bresnahan are putting the finishing touches on a packet of material that they plan to send to well-known casino operators to try to lure them to […]
Published
April 12, 2010

Summit aims to keep nuclear arms secure

President Obama intends to ensure that all nuclear materials are secured from theft in four years.
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April 12, 2010

Miners remembered at church services

Federal investigators will arrive today as officials try to figure out what caused the fatal mine explosion.
Published
April 12, 2010

What’s happening to the California gray whales?

A commission could soon allow 1,400 to be hunted over the next decade even as their numbers decline.

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Published
April 12, 2010

Poles grieve for president as government fills critical positions

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government moved swiftly Sunday to show that it was staying on course after the deaths of its president and dozens of political, military and religious leaders, even as tens of thousands of Poles expressed their grief over the plane crash in Russia that shocked the country. New acting chiefs of the […]
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April 12, 2010

Turin Shroud to be given special viewing

The curious and those who believe the linen is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ can get a brief look.
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April 12, 2010

Dixie Carter, 70, known for ‘Designing Women’ TV role

Dixie Carter, who gained television fame as Julia Sugarbaker on the long-running CBS sitcom “Designing Women,” has died. She was 70. Carter died Saturday morning at a Houston hospital of complications from cancer, said Steve Rohr, publicist for Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook. “This has been a terrible blow to our family,” Holbrook […]
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April 12, 2010

Rights groups: Palestinians could face mass deportations

Anyone caught living in the West Bank without an Israeli permit could be expelled within three days.
Published
April 12, 2010

Marchers demand benefits for same-sex couples

LOS ANGELES — Protesters chanting slogans and carrying signs marched in Hollywood on Sunday to demand equal Social Security benefits for same-sex couples. About 700 demonstrators walked more than a mile to rally outside the Hollywood Social Security Administration office, said Lorri L. Jean, CEO of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. “This was […]