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Court: Judges shouldn't have overturned conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision that would have released a Pennsylvania man convicted of helping to kill a woman in an alley nearly two d

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Court won't block suit in Minn. bridge collapse

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will not block Minnesota's lawsuit against a California design firm over the deadly 2007 interstate bridge collapse in Minneapolis that killed 13

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Curtains open wide in Myanmar, a crack in N. Korea

US expels top Syrian diplomat to protest massacre

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is expelling Syria's most senior envoy in Washington, joining a host of other governments in kicking out Syrian diplomats to protest last week's gruesome

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High court turns down former hostages in Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to revive a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran more than 30 years ago.

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Israeli court sentences Palestinian protest leader

OFER MILITARY BASE, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli military court has sentenced a prominent Palestinian protest leader to 13 months in jail for urging youths to throw rocks at Israeli s

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