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ARKALYK, Kazakhstan – A space capsule carrying a U.S.-Russian-Italian crew landed safely on the steppes of northern Kazakhstan (search) early Monday, following a mission aboard the international space station. Search-and-rescue helicopters spotted the Russian TMA-5 capsule as it floated toward its designated arrival site about 50 miles north of the …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The prosecution rested its case in the corporate fraud trial of fired HealthSouth Corp. (search) CEO Richard Scrushy (search) on Tuesday after 12 weeks of trial. The defense — which argues that the testimony by the CFOs and about two dozen other government witnesses proved no such …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Islamic scholar who prosecutors said enjoyed “rock star” status among a group of young Muslim men in Virginia (search) was convicted Tuesday of exhorting his followers in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops. The convictions against Ali al-Timimi …