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WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Afghan soldier shot to death a 22-year-old Marine at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan last month in a previously undisclosed case of apparent Afghan treachery that marked at least the seventh killing of an American military member by his supposed ally in the past six weeks, Marine officials said....

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Isle Royale National Park's gray wolves, one of the world's most closely monitored predator populations, are at their lowest ebb in more than a half-century and could die out within a few years, scientists said Friday....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The father of a man accused of stabbing four men in an Ohio office building says his son may have been stressed after the aunt he lives with told him to move out....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior defense official says the U.S. soldier accused in the killings of 16 Afghan civilians is expected to be flown to the U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as early as Friday....

Illegal Immigration: Displacing us From our Civilization 5-13-10

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) -- The top U.S. commander in Helmand Province and his British deputy were with the U.S. Marines that an Afghan man tried to run down as they waited for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to arrive in southern Afghanistan, defense officials acknowledged Friday, proving the incident to be more serious than had been disclosed earlier....

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) -- The top U.S. commander in Helmand Province and his British deputy were with the U.S. Marines that an Afghan man tried to run down as they waited for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to arrive in southern Afghanistan, defense officials acknowledged Friday, proving the incident to be more serious than had been disclosed earlier....

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) -- The top U.S. commander in Helmand Province and his British deputy were among the U.S. Marines that an Afghan man tried to run down as they waited for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to arrive in southern Afghanistan, defense officials acknowledged Friday, proving the incident to be more serious than had been disclosed earlier....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina mother was expected to plead guilty Friday to charges she suffocated her two young sons before driving her car into a river in an attempt to cover up their deaths. The case has eerie similarities to that of another mother from the state now serving life in prison....

Profane Pulpits 12-23-10

Wandering Sheep 9-2-10

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- When a Georgia judge sentenced a former General Electric supervisor to life in prison without parole for killing his subordinate's husband outside a preschool, the case seemed far from closed....

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- When a Georgia judge sentenced a former General Electric supervisor to life in prison without parole for killing his subordinate's husband outside a preschool, the case seemed far from closed....

Christmas Celebration of the Heart 12-23-10

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Afghan soldier shot to death a 22-year-old Marine at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan last month in a previously undisclosed case of apparent Afghan treachery that marked at least the seventh killing of an American military member by his supposed ally in the past six weeks, Marine officials said....

All this angst over "pink slime" has made one thing clear: We don't always know what we're getting when we bite into a big juicy burger....

All this angst over "pink slime" has made one thing clear: We don't always know what we're getting when we bite into a big juicy burger....

All this angst over "pink slime" has made one thing clear: We don't always know what we're getting when we bite into a big juicy burger....

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Isle Royale National Park's gray wolves, one of the world's most closely monitored predator populations, are at their lowest ebb in more than a half-century and could die out within a few years, scientists said Friday....

Houston (AP) -- Eight years after her baby boy disappeared, Auboni Champion-Morin is looking forward to embracing the child authorities believe is her son....