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Senate Democrats assured 60 votes to debate health bill

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:37:17 EST

Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she supports bringing the health care bill to the floor for debate, giving Democrats the 60 votes needed to prevent a GOP filibuster.

Protesters spend 3rd day in UC building

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:29:18 EST

Demonstrators entered their third day of a building takeover at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday in protest of a tuition increase -- a futile endeavor, according to a school spokesman.

Child rape victim's parents charged

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:41 EST

The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys in July were arrested Friday on abuse charges, according to Arizona police.

Large Hadron Collider back online

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:58:33 EST

"The LHC is back," the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation more than a year after an electrical failure shut it down.

Prosecution: Knox deserves life term

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:43:04 EST

A prosecutor says American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend should get life sentences if they are convicted in the death of a British student, a lawyer for the victim's family told CNN on Saturday.

Sri Lanka to release 130,000 Tamils

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:55:48 EST

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.

Arrests in Italy linked to Mumbai attacks

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:53:37 EST

Four Pakistani men have been arrested in connection with last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, Italian police said Saturday.

U.S. soldier guilty of abuse in Iraq

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:21:34 EST

A U.S. military court demoted and jailed a soldier for mistreating troops in Iraq, behavior discovered during the investigation of another soldier's suicide.