Yemen Holds Us/Somali Man After Al-Qaida Sweep – WCBD
BUENA, New Jersey (AP) He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is a former nuclear plant worker under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in

Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online music sales – San Jose Mercury News
LONDON — Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: A British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled. The High Court ruled Thursday that record label EMI Group can’t sell Pink Floyd tracks individually without the band’s permission. A judge said

Federal appeals court upholds ‘under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance – Asbury Park Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Football and “Little House” star Olsen dies – Nashua Telegraph
SALT LAKE CITY – Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome” who followed up football with a successful television career has died. He was 69. Utah State, Olsen’s alma mater, said he died outside of Los Angeles early Thursday after

Earthquake aftershocks hit Chile right before swearing in of new president Sebastian Pinera – Cleveland Plain Dealer
View full size Jorge Sanchez, Associated Press Chile’s new President Sebastian Pinera speaks to supporters from a balcony at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Pinera was sworn in as president Thursday at the National Congress in Valparaiso. LOS ANGELES — Three

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