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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
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
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
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.
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








