Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views
NEW YORK (AP) -- The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday....

Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite poor economy
DETROIT (AP) -- The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan....

RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues....

Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it....

Arrest in 1981 tribal murders revives old mystery
INDIO, Calif. (AP) -- In the days before Fred Alvarez was shot execution-style with two friends on his verandah, the strapping Cabazon tribal leader feared he was a marked man: His motorcycle had been tampered with, his mailbox shot up and his house ransacked....

Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll....

Senate moderates frustrate other Democrats on bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate moderates on Sunday threatened to scuttle the health care bill if their demands weren't met, frustrating rank-and-file Democrats who say their colleagues' views were out of step with American voters....

Study: Scavengers big and small dwell in deep sea
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday....

NRC investigating radiation at Three Mile Island
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there....

Police identify gunman in deadly Saipan rampage
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) -- The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national believed to be employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred....