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Landmark Philly church sex abuse case begins

The Rev. James J. Brennan enters the Criminal Justice Center, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Brennan is charged with raping a 14-year-old boy in 1996. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)The start of a landmark church abuse case involving a high-ranking official in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia began Monday with not guilty pleas from a priest and the first U.S. church official to be tried on charges he endangered children by covering up for abusive priests.


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BP begins to put spill behind it with settlement (AP)

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this April 21, 2010 file handout image. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Files/HandoutAP – BP’s settlement deal with thousands of victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a major step toward putting the worst oil spill in U.S. history behind it.


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‘Desperate Housewives’ trial begins

Nicollette Sheridan was fired from “Desperate Housewives” for standing up to the series’ creator after he struck her in the head, her attorney said Wednesday during opening statements in her wrongful termination trial.

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Violence across Syria as constitution vote begins (AP)

AP – Syrians have begun voting on a new draft constitution as activists report clashes and shelling around the country.

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Pakistan begins demolition of bin Laden’s compound (AP)

Security personnel walk outside the compound where demolition work is being carried out, of the building where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces last May, in Abbottabad, in this still image taken from a Reuters TV video February 25, 2012. Pakistani<br />
forces began demolishing the house in an<br />
unexplained move carried out in the dark of night.    REUTERS/Reuters TV   (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)AP – Under powerful floodlights and surrounded by rings of soldiers and police, heavy machines began Saturday night to demolish the three-story compound in northwestern Pakistan where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by U.S. commandos last May.


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Seoul begins military drills despite NKorea threat (AP)

The art group members at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace put up a performance to mark the birth anniversary of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang February 17, 2012 in this picture released by the North's KCNA on Friday. February 16, 2012 was the 70th birthday of the late leader Kim Jong-Il.          REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORSAP – South Korea on Monday began live-fire military drills from front-line islands near its disputed sea border with North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s threat to attack.


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Funeral begins as mourners say goodbye to Houston (AP)

A coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried into the New Hope Baptist Church before her funeral services in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP – Whitney Houston’s flower-covered casket was at the center of the church where her powerful voice first wowed the congregation, as the biggest names in entertainment solemnly filed in for the pop superstar’s funeral in her hometown Saturday.


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