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June 17th, 2010

Mass. man charged in slayings of mom, wife, kids (AP)

This undated Massachusetts driver license photo released by the Middlesex district attorney's office shows Thomas Mortimer, IV, who is wanted for four counts of murder in the death of his wife, two children and mother-in-law on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in Winchester, Mass. (AP Photo/Commonwealth of Massachusetts)AP - A man whose wife, two children and mother-in-law were found slain in the family's home is being sought on murder charges in the killings, authorities said Thursday.


June 17th, 2010

Original artist offers help with new Jesus statue (AP)

Flames shoot up from the 'King of King's' statue of Jesus Christ standing outside of Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 15, 2010. The six-story-tall statue of Jesus with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night, June 14, 2010 around 11:15 p.m. and burned to the ground, police said. (AP Photo/The Dayton Daily News, Tiffani West-May)AP - An artist who designed an Ohio church's giant statue of Jesus that was destroyed by lightning this week says he's willing to help replace it.


June 17th, 2010

CIA papers show agency struggled in Korean War (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 1951 file photo, President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C.  The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is hosting the release Wednesday June 16, 2010 of the largest amount of intelligence documents on the Korean War, which began 60 years ago. The release includes more than 1,300 documents on intelligence from 1947 to 1954. More than half of the documents have never been made public, or are being re-released with new information. (AP Photo/File)AP - Documents released by the CIA show how the young agency struggled in the run-up to the Korean War and after the conflict started.


June 17th, 2010

Families of 3 jailed Americans criticize Iran (AP)

US hikers Shane Bauer (L) Josh Fattal (C) and Sarah Shourd (R) before a meeting with their mothers at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran, on May 21, 2010. Iran should either prosecute or immediately release three US hikers being held after straying into the country from Iraq, the mothers of the young Americans said Thursday.(AFP/Press TV/Ho/File)AP - The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for nearly a year are demanding the immediate release or trial of their children, saying the Iranian government is using them as pawns in a standoff with the U.S.


June 16th, 2010

Lawyers give final arguments in gay marriage case (AP)

FILE - In this file photo from March 4, 2008, Diane Sabin and her partner Jewelle Gomez hold hands in San Francisco. The lawyers in the landmark federal trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban may have to check their dazzling oratory at the courtroom door during next week's closing arguments. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)AP - Lawyers arguing a landmark federal case involving California's same-sex marriage ban made their final arguments Wednesday, with supporters describing matrimony as an institution intended to promote childbearing and opponents saying the U.S. Supreme Court had recognized it as a fundamental right.



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