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Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field

Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field
By CARLOS A. RODRIGUEZAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion:

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why were a diplomatic

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why was a diplomatic

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why was a diplomatic

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone
By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes - transmitted live via the Internet - but

Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered
By KEVIN McGILLAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after sudden gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. "I'm just ecstatic," Edward Buckner,

Former OJ lawyer in Vegas to testify new trial bid

Former OJ lawyer in Vegas to testify new trial bid
By KEN RITTER and LINDA DEUTSCHAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's former lawyer has some explaining to do. Miami attorney Yale Galanter is scheduled to testify Friday in Simpson's bid for a new trial. Galanter, according to Simpson, advised the former football star that it was

Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuse

Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuse
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is pledging to eliminate the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military members. "There is no silver bullet to solving this

OJ Simpson set to speak in bid to win freedom

OJ Simpson set to speak in bid to win freedom
By LINDA DEUTSCH and KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners speaks again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars until he dies. In

OJ bid for new trial starting in Las Vegas court

OJ bid for new trial starting in Las Vegas court
By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - The last time O.J. Simpson was in a Las Vegas courtroom, he stood next to defense attorney Yale Galanter before being handcuffed and hauled off to prison for up to 33 years. On Monday, the former football hero returns to Clark County District Court