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Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington says it is obligated to keep paying retirement benefits to six priests who church officials have confirmed are pedophiles. Read more »

CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. Read more »

Arizona burglars steal box holding baby's ashes

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son. Read more »

Man charged with raping, killing NC girl, 5

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days. Read more »

White House at odds with bishops over abortion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Read more »

Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When an ambulance brought Tillmon Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said. Read more »

Ark. cop suspended after using Taser on girl, 10

OZARK, Ark. (AP) — A police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission has been suspended — not for using the Taser but for not having a video camera attached when he used it. Read more »

Army fears anti-Obama politics at Palin event

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama, officials said Thursday. Read more »

Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested in LA on DUI

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The daughter of Sen. John Kerry was arrested Thursday in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk. Read more »

FAA says flight computers working again

CHICAGO (AP) — The FAA says the failed computers that delayed flights across the country are working again. Read more »

TV ad seeks to recruit Arab-Americans to CIA

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — There's a swirl of activity in a spacious, modern kitchen as final meal preparations are made. Read more »

Va. student mistaken for deer, shot to death

FERRUM, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia say a college student was shot to death while collecting frogs for biology class by a hunter who mistook her and her classmates for deer. Read more »

City trying to make sense of brutal gang rape

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard out of sight of chaperones. Read more »

Mo. teen charged with murdering 9-year-old girl

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri grand jury has indicted a 15-year-old on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of her 9-year-old neighbor. Read more »

Authorities: Mom gave up baby to suspected dealer

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Salt Lake City woman told them she gave her 9-month-old daughter to a suspected drug dealer because she was homeless, addicted to methamphetamine and unable to care for the girl. Read more »

Toddler killed in fatal fall

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Orange County toddler has died after falling from a window. Read more »

Astronauts step out on 1st spacewalk of mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of astronauts ventured out on the first spacewalk of their shuttle mission Thursday to tackle some antenna and cable work at the International Space Station. Read more »

Men file abuse suits against Mormons, Boy Scouts

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits Monday claiming childhood sexual abuse by youth leaders decades ago. Read more »

Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests

BALTIMORE (AP) — A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday. Read more »

North Carolina searchers find body of missing 5-year-old girl

SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the girl's mother offered her for sex. Read more »

California targets TVs to lower electricity demand

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The most power-hungry television sets could soon be banned from store shelves in California as state energy regulators on Wednesday consider a first-in-the nation mandate intended to lower electricity demand. Read more »

Idaho boy kills bear that wouldn't leave porch

DRIGGS, Idaho (AP) — An 11-year-old Idaho boy fatally shot a black bear on his family's front porch after he said it wouldn't leave. Read more »

AP NewsBreak: Mass. senator driven home by cops

BOSTON (AP) — Police in Cambridge, Mass., gave state Sen. Anthony Galluccio a ride home because acquaintances told them he was too drunk to drive about 13 hours before he was involved in a hit-and-run accident last month. Read more »

Fla. suspect in Mo. child sex case 'devastated'

SILVER SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A sixth member of a family facing multiple child sex abuse charges in western Missouri said he is "devastated" and had "no idea" about the rape allegations against him. Read more »

Sarah Palin coy about 2012 run, but door is open

NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. Read more »

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