Afghan president Karzai studying peace offer from militant groupKABUL (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai held an unprecedented meeting Monday with representatives of a major Taliban-linked militant group, boosting his outreach to insurgency leaders to end the eight-year war.Less certain is whether the talks with the weakened Hizb-i-Islami faction represent a game-changer in the conflict, given its demand to rewrite the Afghan constitution and force a quick exit of foreign forces.Israeli soldier mistaken for armed militant, killed by ‘friendly fire’JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces mistakenly shot and killed a fellow soldier Monday while looking for three Palestinians who crossed the border from the Gaza Strip, the military said.The three Palestinians crossed the heavily åguarded border after sundown, the military said. Soldiers thought they were under attack and set out on a patrol to find them.Another group of soldiers looking for the Palestinians mistook the first patrol for armed Palestinian militants and fired on them, killing the soldier.Influential Islamic Yemeni leaders oppose ban on child bridesSAN’A, Yemen (AP) — Some of Yemen’s most influential Islamic leaders, including one the U.S. says mentored Osama bin Laden, have declared supporters of a ban on child brides to be apostates.The religious decree, issued Sunday, deeply imperils efforts to salvage legislation that would make it illegal for those under the age of 17 to marry.The practice is widespread in Yemen and has been particularly hard to discourage in part because of the country’s gripping poverty.Activist group ACORN disbanding because of financial woes, scandalCHICAGO (AP) — The once- mighty liberal activist group ACORN announced Monday it is folding amid falling revenues — six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.Opponents of gay marriage ban must release memos, e-mailsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Civil rights groups that campaigned against California’s same-sex marriage ban have lost an attempt to withhold internal memos and e-mails from lawyers for the other side.U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Monday that the groups must surrender the campaign documents as evidence in a federal trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8.Walker’s decision upholds a ruling by a federal magistrate.Jindal: Health care overhaul is unconstitutional, will be challenged(AP) — Louisiana’s Democratic attorney general says he will challenge the congressional health care legislation approved this weekend, a health overhaul that Gov. Bobby Jindal calls unconstitutional.Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says he hasn’t decided whether Louisiana will join other states in currently pending lawsuits or file a separate lawsuit on behalf of the state.It’s unclear on what grounds Caldwell will argue against the health overhaul. A Caldwell spokeswoman says the challenge likely will be on constitutional issues, but she says a decision hasn’t been made.Jindal asserts states’ rights privileges and contends the federal government can’t require people to buy insurance.State lawmakers will consider a bill that attempts to nullify parts of the health care legislation.Jury finds teen guilty in 2004 Jazz Fest second-degree murderNEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Orleans Parish jury has convicted John Duncan of the 2004 murder of a man shot after leaving the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.Jurors on Monday found the 19-year-old guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Daniel Breaux. Under Louisiana law, Duncan, who was 14 at the time of the killing, can only be imprisoned until he turns 31. Couple cited with 22 counts of  illegal possession of pythonsOAKDALE (AP) — Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents have cited an Oakdale couple for allegedly possessing pythons without a permit.Wildlife agents cited the couple with 22 counts of illegally possessing pythons over 12 feet in length without the required permit.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]