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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, admitted to those attacks and numerous others during a U.S. military hearing on Saturday, according to an edited transcript of the hearing released by the Pentagon Wednesday.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton sidestepped a question about whether she thinks homosexuality is immoral Wednesday, less than two weeks after telling gay-rights activists she was "proud" to stand by their side.

A sharp difference of opinion over which issues ought to top the political agenda of Christian conservatives spilled out into the open at this week's meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals.

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Jurors recommended the death penalty for John Evander Couey who was found guilty last week of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering Jessica Lunsford. The body of the 9-year-old girl was found weeks after her death, buried within sight of her own house.

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Ex-Hewlett-Packard chair Patricia Dunn and three other defendants are expected to plead guilty to wire fraud charges stemming from the company's controversial probe of leaks from its boardroom, the California Attorney General said Wednesday.

Stocks trimmed losses Wednesday afternoon, as investors continued to worry about the fallout from the subprime mortgage market troubles but showed reluctance to sell stocks too aggressively.

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Police on Wednesday named a convicted sex offender, his parents and a family friend as suspects in the disappearance of a Georgia boy, 6, who has been missing since last week.

The U.S. military said Wednesday it's concerned about Iraq's Shiite Medhi militia, although its leader, anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, remains in neighboring Iran.