2 Pa. teens plead not guilty to federal hate crime in immigrant’s beating death

Pa. teens plead not guilty to hate crime charge

Teenage Dutch sailor Laura Dekker sees life unravel after court blocks dream voyage

Young sailor Dekker’s dreams dashed

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Just four months ago Laura Dekker was a carefree 13-year-old with an extraordinary dream — to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. On Tuesday, police hauled her home — clutching a suitcase and guitar — from a mystery trip to the Caribbean, and child care workers sought to remove her from her father’s custody.

DC government asks judge to dismiss suit by gay-marriage opponents seeking ballot initiative

DC asks judge to dismiss gay marriage lawsuit

Civil rights group SCLC removes board chairman, treasurer, amid probe of mismanagement claims

Civil rights group SCLC unseats 2 leaders in probe

Prince William spends night on London streets to support homeless teens

Prince William spends night on London streets

ACLU challenges RI school systems “pay-to-play” mandate for student athletes

ACLU contests RI school’s pay-to-play sports edict

Pa. teens charged with federal hate crime in immigrant’s beating death set for arraignment

Pa. teens to be arraigned on hate crime charge

Lawmakers legalize gay marriage in Mexico City, first capital in Latin American to do so

Mexico City 1st in region to approve gay marriage

UN: Ugandan-led Lord’s Resistance Army attacks in Sudan, Congo may be crimes against humanity

UN: Ugandan rebel attacks may have been war crimes

AP Interview: US dad hopes Brazil judge will give him custody of son after 5-year battle

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders’ Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009

Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year

Reports: Police find teenage Dutch sailor on Caribbean island

Reports: Dutch teen sailor found in Caribbean

UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry

Hunger still stalks Afghan children despite aid

US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs

Prison population to have first drop since 1972

US jail population could soon drop for first time in decades as states look to cut costs

Jail population could have first drop in 4 decades

MTV’s ‘Teen Mom’ documents lives interrupted for teens having babies

‘Teen Mom’ shows interrupted lives

NEW YORK — Amber Portwood’s lunch with a friend keeps getting interrupted by a crying baby. The problem is, the baby is Amber’s. She packs up and leaves the restaurant before she can finish eating.

RI police officer charged with assault after video allegedly shows him kicking cuffed woman

RI officer charged with assault on cuffed woman

Accused Mumbai gunman recants his confession for last year’s siege saying he was tortured

Mumbai gunman recants confession, alleges torture

Judge in Delaware diocese bankruptcy orders settlement with alleged abuse victim unsealed

Diocese bankruptcy judge unseals victim settlement

Calif. parks department to address equality for women, gays in response to lesbian ranger suit

CA parks agency settles lesbian harassment suit

Top 10 source countries for foreign adoptions by Americans in 2009

Top source countries for foreign adoptions in 2009

Adoptions of foreign children by Americans drop to lowest level since 1996

Foreign adoptions by Americans fall in FY 2009

FBI investigates after RI cop is accused of beating suspect in attack caught on video

FBI investigating after video shows RI cop beating

2 dead including gunman in shooting at crowded Texas elderly care center, police say

Police: 2 dead in shooting at Texas elderly center

Human Rights Watch: Guinea military planned, carried out and covered up massacre

Human Rights Watch: Guinea massacre premeditated

Justice Department says 2009 has more federal hate crime cases than in any year since 2001

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