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Lawyer who found documents has long pursued church (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:57 PM PDT

Attorney Jeff Anderson discusses Catholic Church records concerning sexual misconduct allegations during a news conference at Anderson Law Offices in St Paul, Minn., Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)AP - Jeff Anderson has filed thousands of lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests and won tens of millions of dollars for his clients, but he has had a bigger goal in mind for nearly two decades. He wants to bring his career-long legal crusade against misconduct in the Roman Catholic Church right to the top.

Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:57 PM PDT

Marijuana cigarettes are on displayed at the Nirvana Pharmacy, a medical marijuana shop in Los Angeles, California. Far from being a war between hippies and police, the fight to legalize marijuana in California centers on whether decriminalizing and taxing cannabis can help fill the state's fiscal hole.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AP - Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple's home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes.

Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 08:35 PM PDT

AP - The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one raid was a Christian militia group.

Japanese architects Sejima, Nishizawa win Pritzker (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:29 PM PDT

AP - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, a duo of Japanese architects praised for using everyday building materials to create ethereal structures that shelter flowing, dreamlike spaces, have won the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury announced Sunday.

NYC suspends operator's license after crane strike (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 08:41 PM PDT

AP - The operator of a crane that tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street, sending debris plummeting to the ground and causing several evacuations, had his license suspended Sunday because he didn't secure the crane properly, a Department of Buildings spokesman said.

As economy sours, vendors crowd into Venice Beach (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:30 PM PDT

AP - Sand and surf are the least of the attractions making Venice Beach one of Los Angeles' top tourist draws.

Alleged fugitive claims to be man who died in 1983 (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:03 PM PDT

AP - An accused fugitive who police say escaped while serving a 20-year prison sentence for drug trafficking claims he's a man who died in Virginia nearly three decades ago.

Mass. schools for blind gear up for fencing match (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:07 AM PDT

AP - Cory Kadlik has never let being blind stop him from golfing, skating, learning martial arts or riding a dirt bike. He had his doubts when it came to fencing.

NY archbishop defends pope against sex abuse furor (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:19 PM PDT

AP - Archbishop Timothy Dolan was greeted with applause after finishing Palm Sunday Mass by defending Pope Benedict XVI against suggestions he aided cover-ups of reports of child abuse.

Utah gov. OKs eminent domain use on federal land (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:23 PM PDT

AP - Fed up with federal ownership of more than half the land in Utah, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Saturday authorized the use of eminent domain to take some of the U.S. government's most valuable parcels.

Police shoot, kill ax-toting man at Calif. market (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:08 AM PDT

AP - Police in southern California have fatally shot a man they say threatened an officer with an ax during a confrontation with police at a grocery store.
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