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Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad apology demand

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama scoffed at the idea that he should apologize to Iran's leaders for criticizing their violent crackdown on demonstrators and said Friday it was President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who must answer to his own people.

RI club owner in fatal fire case out of prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former co-owner of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people was released from prison Thursday after earning time off for good behavior.

Court says strip search of Ariz. teenager illegal

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday school officials violated an Arizona teenage girl's rights by strip-searching her for prescription-strength ibuprofen, saying U.S. educators should not force children to remove their clothing unless stud

Judge gives final OK to GM’s bankruptcy financing

NEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday that General Motors Corp. can have access to its full $33.3 billion in bankruptcy financing.

Air France: Flight 447 pilot’s body retrieved

PARIS — Search crews in the mid-Atlantic have retrieved the bodies of the chief pilot of Flight 447 and a flight attendant, Air France said Thursday.

Jena 6 cases near conclusion

NEW ORLEANS — Five of six Black teens accused of beating a white high school classmate in a case that led to the biggest civil rights protest in decades will plead guilty in a deal expected to be finalized this week, Louisiana court officials involv

Slain Holocaust Museum guard remembered

WASHINGTON – In an emotionally charged eulogy that took place on a radiant afternoon, Stephen Tyrone Johns, the special police officer who was slain at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, was remembered as a gentle giant with a big heart and warm smile.

Fight to preserve Black history in former confederate capital

RICHMOND, Va. – Former Richmond City Councilman Sa’ad El-Amin has cried “foul” regarding any baseball stadium construction in Shockoe Bottom, historically the site of one of America’s most lucrative slave markets.

Protesting bicyclist killed on cross-country ride

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — A Chula Vista man riding his bicycle across the country to protest government bailouts has been struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver in Illinois.

Obama seeks to join global Rights of Child pact

UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration is reviving efforts to have the United States sign onto a global children's rights treaty ratified by every U.N. member except the U.S. and Somalia, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, sai
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