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Bells toll for victims one week after shooting

By KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown on Friday, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community - and the nation - to its core.

Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger. Sarah Childs was in a dispute with some of her neighbors in Denham Springs, just east of

House approves $633 billion defense bill

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite Pentagon complaints that it spares outdated but politically popular weapons at the expense of the military's ability to fight. The vote was 315-107

French engineer kidnapped in north Nigeria

By YINKA IBUKUNAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - More than 30 assailants stormed a house in northern Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping a French engineer, in the latest abduction to hit the West African nation, officials said Thursday. The engineer, a contractor for French renewable