MEDFORD, Ore.—The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at school, the latest legal setback for the teacher who says she needs the gun for protection from her former husband.   Full Story

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, police said court documents Friday.   Full Story

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WASHINGTON—There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.   Full Story

WASHINGTON—The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.   Full Story

Three Democratic moderates to decide fate of health bill—for now—in crucial Saturday vote WASHINGTON (AP)—Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen.   Full Story

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NEW DELHI—Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.   Full Story

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago—even when they don't want to know their birth parents.   Full Story

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there.   Full Story

MEXICO CITY—Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.   Full Story

MUMBAI, India—The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes.   Full Story

LONDON—A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.   Full Story

LONDON—A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.   Full Story