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In this Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, is congratulated by two unidentified prelates after being elevated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. According to a spokesman from the Archdiocese of New York City, Dolan has been deposed in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1023 in connection to accusations of sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Cardinal Dolan deposed in connection to Wis. suit

By Associated Press February 20, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been deposed in connection to accusations of sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. New York Archdiocese spokesman Joseph Zwilling says...

Man tries to steal fuel from locomotive

By Associated Press February 19, 2013

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 33-year-old New Orleans man for allegedly tried to steal 250 gallons of diesel fuel from a train locomotive in Metairie. ...

Orange County coroner's officials remove a body from the scene in Orange, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Police say a chaotic 25-minute shooting spree through Orange County left a trail of dead and injured victims before the shooter killed himself. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino say there are at least six crime scenes with three people, including the suspected gunman, dead and several others wounded. Tustin police Supervisor Dave Kanoti said the shootings started with an apparent carjacking just after 5 a.m. Tuesday in an unincorporated Ladera Ranch area of Orange County. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Shooting spree across Calif county leaves 4 dead

By Gillian Flaccus February 19, 2013

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A violent rampage that left four dead in suburban Orange County began in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday when a 20-year-old killed a woman in his home and sped away in his parents’...

In this image taken from video from KCTV, firefighters battle a massive fire at Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/KCTV) MANDATORY CREDIT: KCTV

Injuries reported in massive Kansas City fire

By Maria Sudekums February 19, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Multiple injuries were being reported Tuesday evening after a suspected gas explosion sparked a massive fire that engulfed an entire block at an upscale shopping center in...

Belgians hunt boar: No contest, animals win

By Associated Press February 18, 2013

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgians went on a boar hunt and at first it looked like no contest: 200 hunters vs. 170 wild boars. Yet in the end, only one boar was slain. As hunter Jef Schrijvers said after...

In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo, an Ethiopian Israeli, who asked not to be identified, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem. Accusations that Israel deliberately attempted to curb birth rates among its Ethiopian community have reopened a charged debate over discrimination against the immigrants, highlighting the state’s tenuous relationship with a community that has yet to fully settle into the Israeli mainstream. While the charges have not been proven, it remains unclear why so many Ethiopian women were receiving a controversial injection that is hardly prescribed to other Israelis. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli Ethiopian birth control ignites debate

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press February 18, 2013

JERUSALEM (AP) — Accusations that Israel deliberately tried to curb birth rates among Ethiopian immigrants have reopened a debate over discrimination against the group — highlighting the state’s...

Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate his return at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas, where he will continue his treatment. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street...

BRCC plans to create airplane mechanic program

By Associated Press February 18, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge Community College hopes to have a program to train airplane mechanics up and running by the fall, more than two years after originally planned. The program would...

WrestleMania 30 coming to New Orleans in 2014

By Associated Press February 18, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Wrestling fans can be expected to pour in New Orleans beginning April 6, 2014, when WrestleMania XXX arrives at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The four-day event ends with a pay-per-view...

Jindal seek disaster aid for January flooding

By Associated Press February 18, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has asked the White House to a disaster declaration for areas of the state that suffered from January flooding and severe storms. Jindal says...

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, photo, Cindy a seventeen day old female baby gorilla reaches into the air at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The gorilla born last month at a South Texas zoo has been ignored by her mother so the animal will be sent to an Ohio zoo and introduced to a new troop. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Christian Rodriguez)

Texas baby gorilla going to Cincinnati Zoo

By Associated Press February 18, 2013

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A gorilla born at a South Texas zoo last month is headed to Ohio to be introduced to a troop at a zoo there because the baby’s mother has been ignoring her. Officials...

Mississippi ratified 13th Amendment in 1995

By Associated Press February 18, 2013

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi has corrected a clerical error that left unrecorded ratification of the 13th Amendment for 18 years. The Legislature formally ratified the amendment,...