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Obama honors memory of Libya attack victims

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) - Four Americans killed in an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya returned home Friday, their remains each carried in a slow procession by six Marines as a military band filled a vast air base hangar with the mournful hymn "Nearer

Marines sent to Yemen to boost embassy security

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An elite Marine rapid response team has arrived in Yemen's capital in the wake of violent protests at the U.S. Embassy over a film critical of Islam, the Pentagon said Friday, as a nervous Obama administration watched anti-American

Probation department looking at filmmaker

By PETE YOST and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal probation officials are investigating the activities of a southern California filmmaker convicted of financial crimes who has been linked to an anti-Islamic movie inflaming protests across the Middle East, a spokesman for

Autumn surprise can transform a presidential race

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Septembers shock, Octobers surprise, early Novembers can knock a campaign sideways. In a presidential race's waning weeks, almost anything can happen - bedlam in the Middle East, financial panic at home, a scandal in the headlines. And