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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – CBS asked a judge Friday to throw out a subpoena for unaired news footage that the military says includes admissions of crimes in an attack that killed 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha. “It’s incredibly important that we have an interview with the accused about the very …

LOS ANGELES – Members of the Directors Guild of America voted to ratify a new contract that increases compensation for projects distributed on the Internet and other digital media, the union said Wednesday. The guild did not release a vote tally but said the three-year deal with the Alliance of …

CANBERRA, Australia – A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hours to shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his two crewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero Friday. Michael Williams, a 39-year-old deckhand aboard the trawler Sea Rogue, reached shore at New Brighton Beach, …