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This comes a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death.

Glenn Lewis says he will propose an ordinance requiring a reinforced shelter to be built in every new home.

CHICAGO (AP):The president of the Chicago Teachers' Union (CTU) says the Board of Education's decision to close 50 schools is "bad governance."CTU President Karen Lewis put out a statement yesterday after the board vote.

Orlando, Florida (AP):A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death by authorities early yesterday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said.Ibragim...

SANTO DOMINGO (AP):Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a man suspected of raping at least 60 women in the past two years.Police say 23-year-old Jonathan Parra confessed to raping women ages 16 to 28 after picking them up on his...

PHILADELPHIA (AP): A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and who were on probation in their son's pneumonia death were charged with murder yesterday after a second young child died under what a prosecutor called "eerily...

MOROCCO, Rabat, (AP):A MOROCCAN court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.Prosecutors at the Temara court near Rabat, the...

Arias said she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.

NEW YORK (CMC): New York police say a man accused of smothering a 14-year-old Jamaican girl to death, shoving her body in a suitcase and setting it aflame on a Brooklyn beach, murdered the teen because she said she was pregnant with his child and...

WASHINGTON (AP):More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illnesses stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the...

KIEV, (AP): Several dozen journalists rallied outside Ukraine's Interior Ministry in Kiev yesterday, accusing police of standing by while two journalists covering an opposition rally were beaten....

LONDON (AP)A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years yesterday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offences against children in the 1960s and 1970s.Prosecutors said Gordon Rideout, 74, abused his position of trust and...