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Pakistan now a battleground against Taliban
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up on their doorstep.
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Plane wreckage identified as adventurer Fossett's
MAMMOTH LAKES – More than a year after the disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with a bone fragment suitable for DNA testing.
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Judge turns down Stevens defense bid for mistrial
WASHINGTON – A federal judge rejected a vigorous defense bid yesterday for a mistrial in the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens despite finding that prosecutors broke rules requiring them to turn over evidence favorable to the veteran Alaska lawmaker.
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FDA rejects ban of kids' cough, cold medicines
WASHINGTON – A top government health official yesterday rejected pediatricians' calls for an immediate ban on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for young children, saying it might cause unintended harm.
- Both sides give final arguments in Simpson case
LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson's lawyer told jurors yesterday the former football star's effort to get items back from two sports memorabilia dealers was a mistake but not a crime, saying “being stupid, and being frustrated isn't being a crook.”
- Family concerns surface during hearing on Prop. 8
LOS ANGELES – The only public hearing to be held on California's most contested ballot initiative turned into a de facto debate yesterday on whether same-sex marriage was good for children raised by the couples.
- Pharmacists face fines for not removing recalled drug
LOS ANGELES – Nearly 100 pharmacists and the hospitals they work for face fines for failing to remove a blood thinner from their shelves after a federal recall last winter, a state agency said yesterday.
- REGION UPDATE
2 Europeans indicted in Internet attacks
LOS ANGELES – Two Europeans were indicted yesterday for allegedly launching Internet attacks to shut down two U.S. retail Web sites – an attack prosecutors believe was ordered by the retailers' competitor.
- Green card applicants must get HPV vaccine
DALLAS – An expensive cervical cancer vaccine is now needed by young female immigrants before they can become legal U.S. residents, a requirement that immigration advocates say is unfair.
- Pelosi calls payments to husband's firm legal
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday it's “just foolish” to suggest that her husband is benefiting from tens of thousands of dollars one of her political committees is paying a firm he owns.
- Cop kills self over Taser death
NEW YORK – The New York Police Department lieutenant who authorized the use of a stun gun during a fatal police confrontation last month with a naked Brooklyn psychiatric patient committed suicide yesterday, police said.
- NATION UPDATE
Bloomberg wants 3rd term as mayor
NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that he's pushing for changes that would allow him to seek a third term leading the nation's largest city, saying he wants to handle unfinished business including the “unprecedented challenges” brought on by the recent financial crisis.
- U.S. aims to build new, safer London embassy
LONDON – The U.S. government plans to build a new embassy near the River Thames, moving from historic Grosvenor Square, which has been associated with the United States since shortly after the nation was born in 1776.
- Scotland Yard chief to resign under cloud
LONDON – Scotland Yard chief Ian Blair, whose tumultuous tenure included the London transit bombings of 2005 and his officers' killing of a man wrongly suspected of being a bomber, resigned yesterday, saying he did not have the backing of London Mayor Boris Johnson.
- Study connects long sick leave, risk of dying
LONDON – Employees off sick for long periods – even for common conditions such as colds or flu – are far more likely to die before their co-workers who do not take such leave, researchers said today.
- THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
Two Shiite mosques in Baghdad hit by suicide bombers
BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
- WORLD UPDATE
Canadian sues over wrongful conviction
TORONTO – A Canadian man wrongly convicted of raping and murdering his 4-year-old niece filed a $12 million lawsuit yesterday against the disgraced pathologist whose testimony played a major role in sending him to prison.
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