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Moms of US Hikers Held in Iran Get Some Good News
PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) -- Three U.S. mothers who have pleaded with Iranian authorities for more than a year to free their sons and daughter from a Tehran prison finally received a piece of the news they've been longing for.
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The Nation's Weather
A low pressure system in the North was forecast to bring active weather to the Central U.S. on Friday.
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Tropical Depression Igor Expected to Strengthen
MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical Depression Igor is expected to regain tropical storm strength in the far eastern Atlantic.
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Pa. Mosque Opens Peacefully Near Synagogue, Church
BERWYN, Pa. (AP) -- A new mosque recently opened in this well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia, but not many people noticed.
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Wash. Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) -- Convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the rape, torture and murder of a Seattle-area woman, after delivering a statement complaining he was treated unfairly by the legal system.
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Public Schools Face Lawsuit Over Fees
The suit, which names 35 schools, argues that California has failed to protect the right to a free education.
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Revolution Museum Settles on Philly After 11 Years
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A spot for a Revolutionary War museum has finally been chosen after 11 years of planning and bureaucratic squabbling -- about three years longer than it took the Colonies to win independence.
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One of Original Navajo Code Talkers Dies in Ariz.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) -- Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 91.
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Iran to Release Detained U.S. Hiker
Iran plans to release Sarah Shourd, one of the three young American hikers detained and accused of spying last year, Iranian officials said Thursday.
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Names of the Dead
The Department of Defense has identified 4,409 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 1,261 who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
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Islamic Charity Co-Founder Convicted on Tax Charge
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A federal jury on Thursday convicted the co-founder of an Islamic charity chapter who was accused of helping smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.
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Judge: Military's Ban on Gays Is Unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional and said she will issue an order to stop the government from enforcing the ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy nationwide.
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Minister Wavers on Plans to Burn Koran
The pastor, Terry Jones, said at one point that he had canceled his plan. Later he said it was suspended.
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Washington’s Onetime Political Star Now the Underdog
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has become deeply unpopular with the black middle class that helped to elect him in 2006.
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Alaska Senator Could Announce Revived Candidacy
Senator Lisa Murkowski startled many by saying she might fight on through a third-party or write-in campaign. She could announce a resurrected candidacy as soon as next week.
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Budget Woes Hit Defense Lawyers for the Indigent
Public defenders in Missouri say the budget is interfering with their ability to provide poor defendants with their right to a lawyer.
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Court Rejects a City’s Efforts to Restrict Immigrants
The appeals court said Hazleton, Pa., had overstepped its bounds in passing ordinances forbidding illegal immigrants to rent homes or hold jobs in the city.
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Stem Cell Financing Ban Ends, for Now
The ruling said the stay on an order by a federal judge last month was temporary and gave both sides until Sept. 20 to file written arguments in the case.
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4th Night of Police Protests in LA; No Violence
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A city all too familiar with civil unrest was caught by surprise with the level of outrage over the fatal police shooting of an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing officers with a knife.
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