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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved the $280-million-a-year concessions agreement between Delta Air Lines Inc. and its pilots, hours after rank-and-file pilots gave their nod to the deal. The agreement, which runs through 2009, will take effect Thursday. The deal, which replaces an interim pact agreed to …

BATON ROUGE, La. – A woman fatally shot by her husband after authorities said he killed four of her relatives at a church service had gotten a temporary restraining order against him last year. Erica Bell, 24, filed her request in December 2005, citing family violence, The Advocate reported. The …

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Heavy artillery and mortar fire pounded northern Mogadishu Friday as Islamic militia and secular fighters battled for control of a now-deserted neighborhood for a sixth day. The death toll since the fighting began rose to at least 135 as of early Friday as the bodies of those …