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Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees

Last Updated: 9:44 PM 07/03/09 - Officials on Galveston Island are looking for the culprit in a bizarre palm tree torching spree. (Full Story)
Group Sotomayor belonged to sued over job tests

Last Updated: 9:43 PM 07/03/09 - Newly available documents show that a civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor brought several discrimination lawsuits in the 1980s that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well. (Full Story)
Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret

Last Updated: 9:37 PM 07/03/09 - Not only has Sarah Palin decided not to run for re-election as Alaska governor -- she's decided to leave office at the end of this month. (Full Story)
Hate crime probe called for in gay sailor's death

Last Updated: 12:07 AM 07/03/09 - The chairman the House Veterans Affairs Committee is calling for a Defense Department and Marine Corps probe to see if the killing of a gay sailor at Camp Pendleton was a hate crime. (Full Story)
SC senator defends ouster of Honduran president

Last Updated: 12:00 AM 07/03/09 - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras. (Full Story)
Jackson memorial set for Tuesday in LA

Last Updated: 11:58 PM 07/02/09 - Michael Jackson's memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. (Full Story)
Sheriff: Same person has killed three in northern SC

Last Updated: 11:56 PM 07/02/09 - A sheriff says the shooting deaths of a peach farmer and two women in a rural South Carolina county the past week have been linked to the same killer. (Full Story)
Pakistan police: Bomb explodes near capital

Last Updated: 7:05 AM 07/02/09 - Pakistani police say a bomb has exploded by a government vehicle near the capital, wounding about 20 people. (Full Story)
American soldier captured in Afghanistan

Last Updated: 7:04 AM 07/02/09 - A U.S. military spokeswoman says insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan. (Full Story)
New Hampshire city rallies around refugees to banish bedbugs

Last Updated: 7:01 AM 07/02/09 - Church and community groups in Manchester, N.H., are part of an unusual campaign to get the bedbugs out of an apartment building that houses refugee families. (Full Story)
Sentencing scheduled for Missouri mom in MySpace hoax

Last Updated: 6:59 AM 07/02/09 - A Missouri mother is facing sentencing for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who later killed herself. (Full Story)
Cedar Point celebrating 4th of July with weekend extravaganza

Last Updated: 6:23 AM 07/02/09 - It's the 4th of July this weekend, and there are celebrations all throughout Michiana, but if you want to head out of town, Cedar Point is also having a big celebration. (Full Story)
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan

Last Updated: 5:29 AM 07/02/09 - Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. (Full Story)
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