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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A California law granting domestic partners (search) nearly identical legal rights as married couples does not conflict with a voter-approved ban on gay marriage (search), a state appeals court ruled. California’s domestic partner law represents the nation’s most sweeping recognition of domestic partner rights short of Massachusetts, …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Insurgents brought down a Russian-made helicopter carrying 11 civilians with missile fire north of the capital Thursday and said they captured and shot to death the lone crew member who survived. The dead from the crash included six American bodyguards for U.S. diplomats. The chartered flight was …

WASHINGTON – Zacarias Moussaoui (search) asked for nothing in exchange for pleading guilty to a role in a terrorist conspiracy that includes the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, an admission that could bring the death penalty, federal officials said. Moussaoui’s unusual intention to plead guilty to a six-count indictment without striking …