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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The prosecutor asked for the death penalty against Saddam Hussein and two of his top co-defendendants, saying in his closing arguments Monday that the former Iraqi leader and his regime committed crimes against humanity in a “revenge” attack on Shiite civilians in the 1980s. The arguments brought …

NORWALK, Ohio – A couple accused of forcing some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in cages pleaded not guilty Wednesday to child endangering and other crimes. Michael and Sharen Gravelle were arraigned before Huron County Common Pleas Judge Earl R. McGimpsey and agreed to be tried together …

CONCORDE, N.H. – The Episcopal Church‘s first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, has started treatment for alcoholism, a spokesman said Tuesday. Diocese of New Hampshire spokesman Mike Barwell said Robinson told clergy the news in an e-mail Monday. Barwell referred further questions Tuesday to other officials who were not …