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9/11 groups split on mosque rallies on anniversary

NEW YORK (AP) - Both supporters and opponents of a proposed Islamic cultural center are being asked to stand against rallies planned for the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Simi Hospital's 2-year-old patient tower needs repairs

Built just two years ago, some exterior areas of the Patient Care Tower at Simi Valley Hospital are leaking and must be repaired. Hospital officials announced Thursday that repairs on the leaks are set to begin Tuesday and the work could take six months.

Venezuela VP: Hunger striker's rights not violated

University students carry the coffin of Franklin Brito in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Brito, a farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government, died on Monday night in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will nine months ago. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles

NEW YORK (AP) - The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven't finished buying all the property they want for the project and are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.

Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape

In this image released by the Montgomery County Police, James J. Lee is seen is a booking mugshot from 2008 on disorderly conduct. Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as "concerns" with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters Wednesday, Spet. 1, 2010. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of...

Sierra Club sues east Texas coal-fired power plant

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) - The Sierra Club has filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of an east Texas coal-fired power plant.

ABM Industries settles harassment suit for $5.8M

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Federal authorities say a national janitorial services company will pay 21 female workers $5.8 million to settle a sexual assault and harassment lawsuit.

SoCal board endorses lowered emission goals

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California's regional planning body has voted to endorse lower greenhouse gas reduction targets than state regulators had proposed.

Discovery HQ gunman had Calif. conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) - The gunman who took hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters had his first run-in with the law in California.

FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers

HONOLULU (AP) - Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment Thursday that the FBI called the largest human trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.

Coroner: Alcohol injection in surgery kills baby

CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio coroner says a 7-month-old boy whose heart was being operated on was flushed with alcohol instead of saline and died.

Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.

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Teen admits helping cover up killing of Hemet teen

HEMET, Calif. (AP) - A teenager charged with helping to cover up the killing and dismemberment of a Hemet teen last year has been sentenced to six months in jail.

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Calif. mosque informant refiles lawsuit vs. FBI

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former FBI informant who infiltrated a Southern California mosque has revised his lawsuit against the U.S. government and a local police department, saying they violated his civil rights and were negligent.

$5.8 M payout in Calif. sexual harassment suit

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Federal authorities say a national janitorial services company will pay 21 Hispanic women workers $5.8 million to settle a sexual assault and harassment lawsuit.

Pension fund approached on Potash bid

TORONTO (AP) - The head of a major Canadian pension fund said Thursday a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.