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Controversy at U.N. Meeting on Women

UNITED NATIONS – Ten years after a landmark United Nations (search) conference adopted a platform aimed at global equality for women, the United States is demanding that a follow-up meeting make clear women are not guaranteed a right to abortion. The high-level U.N. meeting attended Monday by more than 100 …

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Former Marsh, AIG Execs Plead Guilty in Spitzer Probe

NEW YORK – A former senior executive at Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) and two American International Group Inc. (AIG) employees pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges in the state’s probe of bid-rigging and price-fixing in the insurance industry. Joshua Bewlay, 39, of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., a former managing …

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NYC Fights Churches' Use of Schools

NEW YORK – Saying prayers during school hours is a violation of the separation of church and state. But some religious groups say a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court (search) decision clears the way for singing praises in public schools on Sunday mornings. If the city of New York gets its …

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