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Justices' new term has expectations on gay unions 10/06/2014 12:20am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Supreme Court term that is starting with a lack of headline-grabbing cases may end with a blockbuster that helps define the legacy of the court under Chief Justice John Roberts.While same-sex marriage is not yet on their agenda, the justices appear Mexico prosecutor says mass grave held 28 bodies 10/06/2014 12:16am • MARK STEVENSON Associated Press IGUALA, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican forensic experts recovered 28 charred bodies from a clandestine grave on the outskirts of this city where police engaged in a deadly clash with student protesters a week ago, Guerrero state's chief prosecutor said Sunday.State Prosecutor South Africa: Honeymoon murder trial to start 10/05/2014 10:20am • LYNSEY CHUTEL Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa is preparing for another high-profile murder trial weeks after athlete Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide.The trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, who is accused of ordering the killing of his wife while they Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage 10/04/2014 06:00am • JON GAMBRELL Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes.The video mirrored other beheading vide Egypt's civil society fears it will be silenced 10/04/2014 05:58am • MERRIT KENNEDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Civil society groups in Egypt long had a tenuous position under the rule of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, but they were able to operate. Now those groups, ranging from human rights defenders to advocates of economic justice, fear even that margin of freedom is Spain affirms jurisdiction in 1989 Jesuit killings 10/03/2014 09:00pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- A Spanish court has ruled that the European country has jurisdiction to investigate the killings of six Jesuit priests, a domestic worker and her teenage daughter by soldiers during El Salvador's 1980-92 civil war.El Salvador's Human Rights Commission director, Migu UN: 9 peacekeepers killed in northern Mali 10/03/2014 09:00pm • BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Men on motorbikes ambushed a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers in northern Mali on Friday, U.N. officials said, killing nine in the deadliest attack yet on the force.It was the latest in a string of deadly attacks on the peacekeeping force tasked with bring US Justice review of Baltimore police sought 10/03/2014 08:40pm • JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore officials are looking for a U.S. Justice Department review of the city police department's procedures and policies after several cases of use of force by officers have resulted in millions of dollars in legal settlements and public outcry UN warns of military action against Congo rebels 10/03/2014 07:20pm • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council warned Friday of military action if a rebel group with some 1,500 fighters in eastern Congo doesn't lay down its arms and surrender by a January deadline.A press statement from the council noted with "deep concern" that sinc Judge orders bullets in Hernandez case thrown out 10/02/2014 06:36pm • ERIKA NIEDOWSKI Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Bullets found in an apartment rented by ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and a magazine found in his Hummer were thrown out as evidence in his murder case Thursday by a judge who said state police didn't demonstrate probable ca DA drops charges for ex-UNC tutor in agents case 10/02/2014 03:20pm • AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A prosecutor has dropped charges against a former UNC tutor who worked with Tar Heels football players for violating the state's sports agent laws.Orange County district attorney Jim Woodall said Thursday he dropped the four counts against Jennifer Seth Green adds 'Ninja Turtles' to his to-do list 10/02/2014 02:52pm • FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It was Seth Green's destiny to join the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" team.This actor-writer-producer-director is unrivaled for popping up all over the place. So why not here? After all, he's the 40-year-old show-biz ace who, as a youngster, playe 'Orange is the New Black' author talks Season 3 10/02/2014 02:12am • RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press LOWELL, Mass. (AP) -- The woman whose best-selling prison memoir has been adapted into the "Orange is the New Black" Netflix series is sharing her insight into the upcoming Season 3, saying it "holds some really amazing stories and twists and turns."Piper Kerman said Mexico's probe of army slayings raises doubts 10/02/2014 12:08am • MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- For more than two months, Mexico did little to explain how a Mexican army patrol escaped practically unharmed from a gunfight that left 22 suspected criminals dead in a grain warehouse. This week, officials changed their story to say soldiers may h APNewsBreak: Nazi hunter pushes for new probe 10/01/2014 05:00pm • DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center has identified dozens of former members of Nazi mobile death squads who might still be alive, and is pushing the German government for an investigation, The Associated Press has learned.The Wiesenthal Center's top Nazi hunter,