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12/4/2009 10:52:03 PM

Curt Knox, father of American college student Amanda Knox, walks next to his daughters Ashley, left, and Delaney shortly after an Italian jury convicted his daughter Amanda of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years in prison, Perugia, Central Italy, early Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention.


12/4/2009 10:41:53 PM

FILE - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., looks on before speaking to reporters about health care reform legislation, in this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Baucus said late Friday Dec. 4, 2009 the Montana Democrat was in a romantic relationship with the woman he nominated for U.S. attorney. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says the Montana Democrat was in a relationship with his current girlfriend when he recommended her for U.S. attorney.


12/4/2009 10:17:28 PM

Map locates Perm, Russia, where a blast at a nightclub killed scoresAP - An explosion and fire that officials blamed on pyrotechnics tore through the Lame Horse nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing 102 people, the Russian emergencies ministry said.


12/4/2009 11:21:13 PM

In this photo made off video footage aired by Samma News, vehicles burn after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Police said a car bomb has exploded near a KFC fast-food restaurant in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar. (AP Photo/Samma News)AP - A car bomb exploded Saturday near a KFC fast-food restaurant in Pakistan's main northwestern city, killing at least three people and leaving others trapped in a blazing building where many lawyers have offices, officials said.


12/4/2009 10:55:20 PM

This undated photo provided by Christie's in New York shows the second and third pages of George Washington's impassioned letter arguing for the ratification of the newly drafted Constitution. The letter, written in 1787 to his nephew, Bushrod Washington, was sold at auction by Christie's in New York for $3,218,500 on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Christie's)AP - A letter by George Washington has sold for $3,218,500 at auction in New York City, setting a world record for a letter by America's first president, according to Christie's.


12/4/2009 10:18:47 PM

US student Amanda Knox (L) is comforted by her lawyer at the courthouse in Perugia. Knox was found guilty early Saturday of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 and sent to prison for 26 years.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - American Amanda Knox was found guilty early Saturday along with her former Italian boyfriend in the 2007 sex murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher and sent to prison for 26 years.


12/4/2009 10:16:55 PM

Over 100 people were killed overnight when fireworks set ablaze a middle-class restaurant in the Russian Ural city of Perm, as officials Saturday ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.(AFP Graphic)AFP - Over 100 people were killed overnight when fireworks set ablaze a middle-class restaurant in the Russian Ural city of Perm, as officials Saturday ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.


12/4/2009 11:19:33 PM
A bomb has exploded near a KFC restaurant in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, local police say.
12/4/2009 11:00:05 PM
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej leaves hospital to give an audience at the royal palace on his 82nd birthday.
12/4/2009 9:43:43 PM
A letter written by the first US President George Washington sells at auction for £3.2m (£1.9m).
12/4/2009 9:48:15 AM
Get me to the climate summit - but not by plane
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12/4/2009 7:35:39 PM
How old eyes can be given a fresh lease of life
12/4/2009 2:46:21 AM
The Oscar-winning stars of new musical Nine.
12/4/2009 9:31:20 PM
The Met Office is to announce it will publish the raw data it uses to analyse man-made global warming.
12/4/2009 9:16:13 AM
Guinea's military leader Capt Camara is flown to Morocco for treatment after being shot by an aide, officials say.
12/4/2009 3:59:27 AM
Scientists in New Zealand say the devastating tsunami that struck the Samoan islands and Tonga was more than 14 metres high.
12/4/2009 4:49:48 PM
Dundee University scientists believe worms could hold clues to why some people develop Parkinson's Disease.
12/4/2009 2:56:14 PM
Italian chef Gino D'Acampo has been crowned King of the Jungle in the final of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
12/4/2009 11:11:18 PM
Pakistani police say a car bomb has exploded near a KFC restaurant in the main northwestern city of Peshawar and that at least ...


12/4/2009 10:56:37 PM
As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clampdown in the universities, ...


12/4/2009 10:24:50 PM
A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says the Montana Democrat was in a romantic relationship with the woman he nominated for ...

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12/4/2009 10:14:13 PM
An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing at ...


12/4/2009 4:02:29 PM
The Obama administration will spend at least $3.5 billion to push local officials around the country to close failing schools ...


12/4/2009 6:57:56 AM
The day after arriving at Fort Hood, Army reservists dedicated to counseling troubled soldiers in war zones were overcome with ...


12/4/2009 11:11:18 PM
Pakistani police say a car bomb has exploded near a KFC restaurant in the main northwestern city of Peshawar and that at least ...


12/4/2009 10:56:37 PM
As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clampdown in the universities, ...


12/4/2009 10:24:50 PM
A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says the Montana Democrat was in a romantic relationship with the woman he nominated for ...

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12/4/2009 8:25:04 PM
More than 100 kidnapping victims freed from a rehab center said Friday they were snatched from the streets and held in slave-like ...


12/4/2009 9:33:34 PM
A jury in Italy convicted American college student Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years ...


12/4/2009 10:14:13 PM
An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing at ...


12/4/2009 4:02:29 PM
The Obama administration will spend at least $3.5 billion to push local officials around the country to close failing schools ...


12/4/2009 12:49:23 PM
Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone ...


12/4/2009 8:55:21 AM
A male suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a university graduation ceremony Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including ...


12/4/2009 6:57:56 AM
The day after arriving at Fort Hood, Army reservists dedicated to counseling troubled soldiers in war zones were overcome with ...


12/4/2009 7:41:48 AM
Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as ...


12/3/2009 9:17:59 PM
Groups that help military families are reporting a drop in cash donations at a time of greater need for those struggling in a ...


12/3/2009 8:25:17 PM
President Obama kicked off a White House jobs forum Thursday by saying he is "open to every demonstrably good idea" to reverse ...


12/3/2009 8:13:01 PM
But the president warned that some jobs lost during the recession might not return without government initiatives to jump-start ...


12/3/2009 8:03:00 PM
The number of homes winning the government's Energy Star designation since the program began in 1995 has crossed the 1 million ...




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