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Calif. Suspects Charged in Gang Rape of Lesbian
Two men and a teen were charged in the alleged gang rape of a San Francisco Bay area lesbian last month. A second teen has also been arrested in a case that has drawn national attention. (Jan. 7)

Coleman Sues Over Minn. Senate Recount Result
Republican Norm Coleman has filed a lawsuit challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's US Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months.(Jan. 6)

Dozens Dead After Israel Shells Near UN School
Israeli mortar shells struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people, many of them children. (Jan. 6)

Burris Barred As New Congress Starts Work
Roland Burris, the man picked to succeed President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate was barred from joining the chamber as the 111th Congress convened. The AP's Jerry Bodlander reports. (Jan. 6)

Man Charged in Mom's Death, Son's Kidnapping
An Ohio man accused of killing a mother and abandoning her 4-year-old son on a highway has been charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping and gross sexual imposition involving a child under 13. (Jan. 6)

Obama to Bring Accountability to Spending Plan
President-elect Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to bar lawmakers' pet projects from his massive economic stimulus plan and to bring unprecedented accountability to federal spending. (Jan. 6)

Ex-Detroit Mayoral Aide Sentenced
The former top aide and ex-lover of disgraced ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick followed her old boss to jail Tuesday. (Jan. 6)

CNN Correspondent Approached for Surgeon General
President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta to be the country's next surgeon general. (Jan. 6)

Baby's Corpse Thrown Out With Hospital's Trash
Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the body of a baby that was apparently thrown out with the trash at a Jersey City hospital. (Jan. 6)

Flower Memorial Begins for Jett Travolta
The Travolta family is home in Ocala, Fla., where resident Diana McCarty was the first to put flowers outside the gate. (Jan. 6)

Natural Gas Shortages Slam Some European Nations
A natural gas crisis loomed over Europe on Tuesday, as a contract dispute between Russia and Ukraine shut off Russian gas supplies to six countries and reduced gas deliveries to several others. (Jan. 6)

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