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Knox upset, tired; gets family visit in prison
AP – Sun Dec 6, 3:27 am ET

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PERUGIA, Italy - Amanda Knox sought comfort from visiting family members Saturday on her first day in prison since being convicted of murdering her British roommate. Full Story »
3 hurt in birthday shooting at Baltimore hotel
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BALTIMORE - Gunfire broke out early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a downtown Baltimore hotel and three people were critically injured, police said. Full Story »
Tiger's troubles widen his distance from blacks
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Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods' troubles — the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses — little attention has been given to the race of the women linked with the world's greatest golfer. Full Story »
Palin pokes fun at herself at journalists' dinner
AP – Sat Dec 5, 11:08 pm ET

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WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian Embassy." Full Story »
Wis. man wanted in double homicides eludes police
AP – Sat Dec 5, 11:51 pm ET

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MADISON, Wis. - Police sought help from the public Saturday as the search for a Wisconsin man wanted in the deaths of his two young daughters and their mothers stretched into its third day. Full Story »
2 men, 43 horses killed in barn fire in Ohio
AP – Sun Dec 6, 12:17 am ET

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LEBANON, Ohio - A fire ripped through a horse barn at a county fairgrounds Saturday in southwest Ohio, killing two men and 43 horses, authorities said. Full Story »
2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans
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LOS ANGELES - The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first. Full Story »
Palin's plans questioned as she stops in Iowa
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is raising more speculation about a possible presidential bid with a stop in Iowa during her national book-signing tour. Full Story »
Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination
AP – Sun Dec 6, 3:29 am ET

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WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination. Full Story »
Student charged in Binghamton U. professor's death
AP – Sat Dec 5, 11:26 pm ET

VESTAL, N.Y. - A graduate student has been accused of fatally stabbing a 77-year-old Binghamton University anthropology professor. Full Story »