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UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.
updated: 10 minutes ago

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed
A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.
updated: 24 minutes ago

Today in History - Nov. 21
Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.
updated: 39 minutes ago

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed
Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.
updated: 47 minutes ago

No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case
Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
updated: 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, the gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness accounts.
updated: 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event
The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.
updated: 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.
updated: 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.
updated: 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

Prosecutor: Alleged Maui spy is difficult but sane
A Maui man accused of spying for China is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial, a federal prosecutor asserted Friday.
updated: 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

Obituaries in the news
Nao Takasugi
updated: 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

3-year-old leads toddler to safety in Ariz. fire
A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.
updated: 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death
The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat.
updated: 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
updated: 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

Arizona police arrest parents of rape victim
The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.
updated: 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

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