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French hunt for gunman suspected of fatally shooting seven people

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

TOULOUSE, France (AP) - Police searched southern France on Tuesday for an expert gunman suspected of fatally shooting seven people in the head at close range in attacks that may have been motivated by...

Murder suspect readied new attack, French Jewish leader says

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

TOULOUSE, France (AP) - A French Jewish leader says the gunman suspected in seven recent killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida was about to strike again. Marc Sztulman of Jewish group CRIF said...

Gay marraige repeal bill rejected by New Hampshire House

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have made their state legislature the first one to repeal a gay marriage law, handing gay-rights supporters a key victory...

Estonian Parliament passes legislation to ban human trafficking

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Estonia's Parliament passed legislation on Wednesday banning human trafficking and making the Baltic nation the last EU country to enact such laws. The lawmakers voted 91-0 in favor,...

Louisiana university leaders at odds over budget plans

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

(AP) - Tensions surfaced Tuesday over the Board of Regents' plans for divvying up dollars among Louisiana's public colleges as university leaders face lost money for certain campuses. The board is proposing...

Hall, once left for dead on Mount Everest, dies of cancer

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

SYDNEY (AP) - Mountaineer Lincoln Hall, who was rescued a day after being given up for dead near the summit of Everest in 2006, died Wednesday of cancer in Australia. He was 56. Hall reached the peak of...

Afghan men raise the holy mace Tuesday during Nowruz, a celebration of the Persian New Year, at the Imam Ali’s shrine in Afghanistan.

Afghan military deal with the U.S. will respect sovereignty

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's vice president said Tuesday that any long-term military agreement with the United States will respect his nation's sovereignty and will be based on the...

Diana’s Kensington Palace home reopens to public after makeover

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

LONDON (AP) - It's the past home of Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge - and, it's hoped, a stop on tourists' London itineraries. Kensington...

Senate backs letter grades for early childhood education performance

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

BATON ROUGE (AP) - Louisiana's mishmash system of prekindergarten and early childhood education programs would be coordinated and graded on performance under a Jindal administration proposal that received...

Rights leaders keep up pressure for investigation of Florida shooting

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - After declaring victories in getting federal and state officials to investigate the case of an unarmed black teenager shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain, civil rights leaders...

Louisiana lieutenant governor Jay Dardenne backs Mitt Romney

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

(AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal is now steering clear of endorsements in the GOP presidential competition, but Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is jumping into the endorsement game in advance of Louisiana's presidential...

Former GOP presidential candidate Pawlenty shaves campaign debt

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has whittled his campaign debt down to $17,500. The remaining red ink is detailed in a monthly federal campaign report filed Tuesday....