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BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Pope Benedict XVI to make a “very clear” rejection of Holocaust denials after the Vatican’s rehabilitation of a former bishop who questioned whether 6 million Jews were gassed by the Nazis. Merkel’s rare and public demand Tuesday came amid increasing outrage among …

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department charged “enemy combatant” Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri for his alleged role in terrorist activities, according to a source familiar with the case. A federal grand jury unsealed the indictment Friday, after handing it up a day earlier in a federal court in Illinois. The two-page …

PITTSBURGH – The Federal Communications Commission has fined the CBS radio affiliate in Pittsburgh $6,000 for a talk show prank promising $1 million to a caller. The FCC says KDKA host Marty Griffin told listeners the money was in a briefcase handcuffed to someone in the studio. The money was …