Associated Press – September 28, 2007 HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of a man convicted of killing his parents in the nation’s busiest death penalty state after already agreeing to review another state’s lethal injection procedures. The high court, which refused a similar appeal earlier this week from another Texas…

Associated Press – September 28, 2007 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Friday urged Muslims to reject violence, work with Christians for peace and to teach their young to love and respect all people and not become “cultural or religious blocs opposed to one another.” The Vatican’s top official in charge of relations with Muslims,…

Associated Press Washington – The Senate used a legislative maneuver Thursday to try to advance a proposal to help U.S. states prosecute attacks on homosexuals, but opponents predicted it would fail. They attached a hate crime measure to a must-pass bill to fund the war in Iraq in an effort to force President George W.…

United Press International Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless, based in Basking Ridge, N.J., has reversed a decision to disallow an abortion rights group from using its network for a text message program. A company spokesman said Thursday the earlier decision had been a mistake and the mobile network will be made available to abortion…

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