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1. Vice President Dick Cheney breaks a Senate tie and the Republican-controlled body passes a measure, cutting federal deficits by nearly $ 40 billion. 2. A witness testifies Saddam Hussein's regime k
1. President Bush defends a post-September 11th secret eavesdropping program in the US, and slams senators blocking renewal of the Patriot Act . 2. Iraqi authorities ease some security measures impose
1. Iraqi police say at least 57 people are dead and nearly 300 wounded after two separate suicide attacks. Authorities say three women were among a group of pilgrims when they blew themselves up in Baghdad. Officials also say a woman may be responsi
1. Prosecutors say new DNA tests clear the family of JonBenet Ramsey in the 1996 killing of the six-year-old beauty queen. The District Attorney's Office says tests point to an unexplained third party. 2. More than 1,000 people have been confirmed i
1. The Iraqi government and Barack Obama are both hoping US combat forces can leave in 2010. That's after Obama met with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But a spokesman there says any withdrawal plan depends on whether the level of violence i
The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba can begin. A federal judge says the courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. The trial involves Osama bin Laden's former driver. Pilots at US Airways say the carrier i
1. A day of remembrance around the country. President Bush laid a wreath at the Pentagon for victims of the 9/11 attacks in the afternoon, and stood with first responders in New York in the morning. 2
1. SWAT teams and police dogs are searching Dawson College in Montreal Canada after they say a gunman opened fire on a cafeteria. An unknown number of people have been shot including a shooter who sho
1. A judge ordered a psychological exam for the woman accused of killing a pregnant friend and cutting the fetus from her womb. Tiffany Hall appeared at an arraignment hearing through video conference
1. The governor of West Virginia wants to shut down the state's coal mines, following the deaths of two more mineworkers Wednesday. Joe Manchin says the voluntary stoppage would allow the state to ins
1. The body of Coretta Scott King was carried by horse-drawn carriage Saturday morning to the Georgia's state Capitol where she is the first black person and the first woman to lie in honor. The widow
1. Joaquin Phoenix, whose portrayal of Johnny Cash in
1. Embattled Congressman Tom Delay abandons his bid to remain as House majority leader, clearing the way for Republicans to shed the taint of scandal. 2. One of Ariel Sharon's surgeons says the Israel
1. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito says he'll keep an open mind on abortion cases, but defends his 1991 ruling that women seeking abortions must notify husbands. 2. Iran removes UN seals on uranium
1. As Pakistani anger mounts, intelligence officials say al-Qaida's No. 2 man was invited to dinner at the village hit by a purported CIA airstrike but didn't show up. 2. A suicide car bomb hits a Can
1. Violence rocks the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Fatah Party activists took to the streets. Some burned abandoned cars; others shot guns in the air. The demonstration comes after their party lost to the
1.Disgraced investor Bernard Madoff returned to his Manhattan apartment after making a surprise appearance at the federal courthouse. A judge set new conditions for his bail, including a curfew and monitoring bracelet. 2.The attorney for Rod Blagoje
1.It will be at least nine years and maybe as long as 33 years before O.J. Simpson is a freeman again. The former football great was sentenced to prison by a Las Vegas judge for his part in an armed robbery at a hotel last year. The 61-year-old coul
1. President-elect Barack Obama says he had no contact with the Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich who is arrested today on federal corruption charges. Blagojevich is freed on his own recognizance. Federal prosecutors say Blagojevich was allegedly in
1.The Illinois attorney general files a motion with the state's highest court, asking justices to remove scandal-plagued Governor Rod Blagojevich from office. AG Lisa Madigan wants to strip the governor of his power saying impeachment by legislators