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WASHINGTON – Marvin Anderson and other men exonerated by DNA evidence said Wednesday they want Attorney General Michael Mukasey to start doling out federal money to help states analyze evidence that led to other convictions. “It’s fear,” Anderson, of Hanover, Va., said of the bureaucratic resistance to clearing the way …

SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines’ A380 superjumbo jet sustained superficial damage when it rolled onto grass as it left an airport terminal in the first glitch for the world’s biggest passenger plane since going into service in October, the airline said Friday. The plane was getting ready to depart from Singapore’s …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A judge on Wednesday set an April 21 trial date for a dormitory matron accused of abusing students at a school set up by Oprah Winfrey for disadvantaged girls. Tiny Virginia Makopo, 27, faces charges of indecent assault, assault and criminal injury, allegedly committed against six …