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Obama aims to excite young voters at concert/rally

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471854&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama was addressing supporters at a hip hop concert and rally Thursday night, seeking to re-energize the youth vote that helped propel him to the White House,

Bill would exempt wolves from federal protection

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471852&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. senators from Wyoming, Idaho and Utah proposed legislation Thursday that would strip federal endangered species protections from wolves in the northern Rockies.

Court rules on friars’ records public in sex cases

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471824&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A California appeals court ruled Thursday that psychiatric and other confidential records of Franciscan friars accused of sex abuse should be made public.

PR police: 6 siblings raped, forced into orgies

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471807&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Puerto Rico police have charged a couple with repeatedly raping their six children and forcing them to participate in drug-fueled orgies.

NY lawyer convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls case

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471676&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A scholar's son was convicted Thursday of using online aliases to harass and discredit his father's detractors in a heated academic debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Whitman’s woes raise questions on illegal hiring

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471673&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Republican Meg Whitman has forcefully denied that she knew her former housekeeper was in the country illegally, keeping immigration in the spotlight in California's gubernatorial race.

Protesting police throw Ecuador into chaos

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471622&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of police angry over a law that would cut their benefits plunged this small South American nation into chaos Thursday, roughing up and tear-gassing the president, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.

Attorneys say money to ex-UNC coach were loans

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471607&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Attorneys for former North Carolina assistant coach John Blake say there was nothing seedy about loans their client received from longtime friend and sports agent Gary Wichard, and there was never an arrangement to direct players to Wichard once they left for the NFL.

Ben Stiller and Edie Falco to team up on Broadway

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471585&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ben Stiller and Edie Falco are teaming up for a revival of "The House of Blue Leaves" on Broadway this spring.

Feds want case dropped against Afghan in Calif

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471583&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop charges against the Afghan-born brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, saying a key overseas witness was unavailable to testify.