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DENVER – A high school social studies teacher who was disciplined for comparing speeches by President Bush and Adolf Hitler stands by his lecture but wishes “he’d picked a different dictator,” his lawyer said. Teacher Jay Bennish also promised school district administrators that he would make sure future classroom talks …

INNISFAIL, Australia – After their town was torn apart by a terrifying cyclone — amazingly without loss of life — the people of Innisfail responded with a most Australian of gatherings: a barbie. Butchers and restaurant owners in the town offered up their wares to survivors on Tuesday rather than …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that would force the removal of a convicted killer’s remains from Arlington National Cemetery. The measure involving the cremated remains of Hagerstown resident Russell Wagner is part of a veterans’ benefits bill the Senate passed last week. A companion House bill …