| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Senate OKs insider-trading bill | | The bill makes clear it's illegal for lawmakers, their staffs and many executive-branch employees to trade stocks based on inside information learned on the job. |
| Group: Bombs hit Bible school in Sudan | | A Christian evangelical group said Thursday that a Bible school -- backed by American evangelist Franklin Graham -- was destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan. |
| Teacher accused in beheading plot | | A North Carolina teacher is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court after being accused in a plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist. A criminal complaint alleges the woman was part of a thwarted conspiracy to kill three people who testified against Hysen Sherifi, who was convicted last year in what prosecutors called a "violent jihad" plot. |
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