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Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit
September 9, 2010SAN FRANCISCO -- A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.
Ore. abuse case lawyers want to question cardinals
September 9, 2010PORTLAND, Ore. -- Lawyers for a man who wants to hold the Vatican accountable for the priest who molested him in the 1960s asked a federal judge Wednesday to allow them to question top cardinals.
Court won't order California to defend Prop 8
September 9, 2010SAN FRANCISCO -- California's highest court on Wednesday refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's attorney general to appeal a federal ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.
Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside
September 9, 2010 CHICAGO -- Months of political jockeying began in earnest Wednesday as speculation grew about who would try to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley as leader of the nation's third-largest city, including one-time aide and current White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
Florida pastor has legal right to burn Qurans
September 9, 2010MIAMI -- Florida pastor Terry Jones will undoubtedly offend and infuriate many people around the world if he follows through on a plan to burn Muslim Qurans at his church this weekend.
Virginia court: Suspect's rights weren't violated by warrantless GPS tracking
September 9, 2010The rights of a convicted sex offender, who was being tracked as a suspect in a string of sexual assaults, were not violated when Fairfax County police secretly placed a global positioning system device on his vehicle without a warrant, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday .
Chicago Mayor Daley says he's served his last term
September 9, 2010CHICAGO -- Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, bringing a surprising end to a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.
San Francisco reconsidering gun ban in transit ads
September 9, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO -- The image of a woman brandishing a gun is gracing more than a dozen San Francisco bus stop shelters after the city suspended a policy banning firearms in advertisements on public transportation.
Today in History
September 9, 2010-- Today is Tuesday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2010. There are 115 days left in the year.
Appeals court panel denies stay for Wash. inmate
September 9, 2010YAKIMA, Wash. -- A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington state death row inmate's request for an emergency stay of his execution.
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