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Families celebrate soldiers' return

Friday was a special night for local military families. In a way, Thanksgiving came early for them as their sons and daughters came home from Iraq.

Families celebrate soldiers' return

Friday was a special night for local military families. In a way, Thanksgiving came early for them as their sons and daughters came home from Iraq.

Guard tower flanks the sign at the entrance to the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., Monday, March 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Military sets execution date

A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what would be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years.

Neb. governor signs new safe-haven bill

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that adds a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children, including some teenagers as old as 17.

Joerg Schoenbohm, Brandeburg state Interior Minister and current chairman of the German Interior Ministers Conference, center, opens the final day of the ministers meeting in Potsdam, Germany, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Bernd Settnik Pool)