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The chairman of the justice committee writes to the director of public prosecutions asking him to review the tariff given to one of Constable Stephen Carroll's killers.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The first defense witness in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial says the defendant lacked the authority to transfer priests within the Philadelphia archdiocese....

The head of the IAEA says he will sign an agreement soon with Iran over its nuclear program. World powers and Iran gather in Baghdad for talks on Wednesday.

The US city of Joplin marks the first anniversary of the country's most deadly tornado in 60 years with several ceremonies.

The jury in former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' corruption trial will begin a third day of deliberations Tuesday after asking to take another look at a batch of exhibits from the four-week case.

The European Court of Human Rights says individual governments can decide how to implement a ban on convicted prisoners voting.

The spread of an animal parasite across the UK may be hampering moves to curb cattle tuberculosis, research suggests.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but two men took matters into their own hands by defacing the portrait with gobs of paint....

Chris Martin | China's in the express lane to buy U.S. government debt, bypassing Wall Street, and going straight to the U.S. Treasury.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Joplin began a day of solemn remembrance Tuesday with a sunrise service to honor the hospital staff, emergency workers and other survivors who sprang into action when one of the deadliest tornados in U.S. history carved through the city exactly one year ago....

Infowars | The official launch of a social networking platform that will allow awakening minds to connect, organize and form pockets of resistance worldwide against the New World Order.

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba will leave Chelsea on a free transfer this summer after eight years with the club.

A "major upgrade" is under way at North Korea's rocket launch site, a report says, as Pyongyang hits out at US warnings on a nuclear test.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Tuesday vowed to push ahead with its nuclear program because of what it called U.S. hostility, as an outside analysis of satellite images suggested it has ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the past month....

By Kimberley A. Strassel Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko on Monday announced his resignation and likely did so under pressure.

Infowars.com | Student earns victory over powers-that-be, leading the charge on offenders of the First Amendment.

The Atlantic | In a study over a four-year period, women who ate more saturated fats scored worse on cognitive tests.

On the blank canvas left behind by last year's tornado, new homes are slowly popping up in Joplin, Missouri. Every few blocks the buzz of power saws and the pop-pop-pop of nail guns from construction crews signal another step toward making the city whole again.

Professor Michael Sandel - who has taught political philosophy since 1980 - claims there has been a shift from having a market economy to being a market society, where people are mainly motivated by money.

MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated....