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Homemade bomb found outside school
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old Chicago girl escaped serious injury when a homemade bomb she picked up exploded in her hand, investigators said.

France angered over Castro remark
PARIS, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- French officials are angry former Cuban leader Fidel Castro used "racial holocaust" in a reference to its deportation of Roma gypsies.
Wildfire evacuees returning to homes
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Colorado wildfire is now more than 50 percent contained and about 2,000 evacuees have returned to their homes, fire officials in Boulder said Saturday.
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Kyl laments 'frayed unity'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said progress in the war against terrorism has "frayed the bonds of unity" that had gripped the United States nine years ago.
Florida pastor to be on the Today Show
NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Florida Pastor Terry Jones will appear on the Today Show Saturday to discuss his planned burning of copies of the Koran, NBC said.
Obama: Sept. 11 lesson is unity
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday said the lesson of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is that "we are one nation -- one people."
Kraft shooter targeted her victims
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The suspended employee charged with killing two women at a Kraft Foods plant in Philadelphia targeted co-workers she had quarreled with, police say.
U.S.: No death penalty in Danziger case
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said it will not seek the death penalty for four New Orleans police officers charged in the death of civilians after Hurricane Katrina.
Boris Johnson will seek 2nd term
LONDON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- London Mayor Boris Johnson announced Friday he will run for a second term in 2012 and laughed at the possibility he might try to become prime minister.

Release of American in Iran postponed
TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- An Iranian official Friday said the release of Sarah E. Shourd, one of three Americans held in Tehran, would be postponed but gave no reason for the delay.
Court: Austrian casino rules are illegal
LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The European Court of Justice has ruled Austria cannot limit casino ownership within its borders to companies headquartered there.
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Appeals court rejects city immigration law
HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The mayor of Hazleton, Pa., says the city will appeal a decision dismissing its law aimed at curbing illegal immigration.
N.C. man charged in alleged bomb plot
SALISBURY, N.C., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man has been arrested on a variety of charges related to an alleged plot to bomb a clinic where abortions are performed, the FBI said.