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LAS VEGAS (AP) O.J. Simpson has been found guilty on a dozen charges including kidnapping and armed robbery, and could be behind bars for the rest of his life. Simpson was convicted 13 years to the day after he was acquitted in the murder of his wife and her friend.

Washington (AP) Now that a financial rescue plan has been signed into law, the world can only sit back and hope it'll work.

Financial markets don't seem completely convinced. The Dow plunged 157 points to end the week. More bad economic news, such as a huge increase in job losses, outweighed the good.

BAGHDAD (AP) The U.S. military says it's killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding deadly bombings in Baghdad. It's thought he directed the insurgent cell believed responsible for nearly simultaneous car bomb and suicide attacks that killed at least eight people on Thursday.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) The U.S. says it has "no information to give" about whether it fired missiles at buildings in two Pakistani villages near the Afghan border. The attacks have left about 20 suspected militants dead. A Pakistani Army spokesman says there's "speculation" most of them were foreign militants.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Police are looking for whoever tossed a firebomb into a fraternity house about a block from the University of Colorado. It caused no significant damage. But it did touch off a brawl involving about 30 people in a nearby alley.

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