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Iowa's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon session Tuesday. Gov. Kim Reynolds said she would sign the bill on Friday.

An FBI investigation has found that employees of Blackwater USA violated rules governing the use of deadly force in a September shooting incident that killed at least 17 Iraqis. That's according to a report in The New York Times.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney gave a speech on Thursday seeking to address voters' concern over his Mormon faith. NPR correspondent Howard Berkes answers questions about Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A British school teacher faced execution following an incident involving a teddy bear, and, in Saudi Arabia, a female rape victim was chastised for being alone with a man who was not her husband when she and the man were both gang raped. An Imam explains worlwide anger over the incidents.

Dan Kurtzer, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, discusses the prospects for next week's Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Md. Among the issues for leaders will be security for Israelis and Palestinians, Palestinian refugees and Israeli settlements.

Fifty years ago, 80 white pastors in the Atlanta area took on segregationists in the Deep South. They took their beliefs to the front page of Atlanta's main newspaper in 1957, issuing what has been called The Ministers' Manifesto.

The Red Cross has dismissed two supervisors and a Hurricane Katrina volunteer in response to allegations of fraud and mismanagement. The agency will refer their cases to authorities for possible criminal prosecution.

The study found that serious safety problems with air travel — such as near collisions and runway interference — occur far more often than previously recognized. NASA didn't initially release the results to the public, for fear that the findings would alarm passengers and harm airline profits.

Eyewitnesses describe the wildfires raging across Southern California, the displacement of homeowners, and the response of federal, state and local officials. They liken the fire to a disease, call it unpredictable, and gave it such names as "Ammo" fire.

Father Donald McGuire was convicted last year of sexually abusing two teenaged boys in the 1960s. Jesuit leaders insist they had no knowledge of any other abuses by McGuire, but documents reveal they were alerted by concerned parents many times over the past 38 years.