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'Junior' Gotti pleads not guilty in Tampa, Fla.

John A. "Junior" Gotti has pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering charges in Florida. The 44-year-old son of former Gambino family crime boss John Gotti was arraigned in federal court Thursday afternoon. He faces conspiracy charges that link him to three mob slayings. ...

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US coalition: 100 militants killed in Afghanistan

A four-day battle that began with an ambush on a joint U.S-Afghan patrol in southern Afghanistan has killed more than 100 militants, the coalition said Thursday. ...

'On eve of Katrina anniversary, New Orleans eyes Gustav

National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary. ...

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Ex-KGB spy, CIA's 'most valuable defector,' dies

A KGB spy who switched allegiances at the height of the Cold War and was considered by the CIA as its "most valuable and economical defector" has died. ...

Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record

More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years. ...

Pope Benedict outraged over sculpture of crucified frog

A sculpture of a crucified green frog has the Pope seeing red. Pope Benedict called the wooden sculpture, "Zuerst die Füsse," which hangs in the Museion museum in Northern Italy, blasphemous. ...