Easter
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman who called 911 after a fatal shooting at an Easter party told a police dispatcher she shot a relative after she retrieved a gun to prove a point and it went off.
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican heatedly defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests are part of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign targeting the pope for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.
BERLIN - Nearly 2,700 people have called the church's sexual abuse hot line in Germany in the first three days it was operating, a Catholic church spokesman said Tuesday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The family of a woman who was killed during a fight that police say started over a skimpy Easter outfit - jean shorts and a green T-shirt tied up around her midriff - said Tuesday her style was well-known among relatives.
POWAY, Calif. - A neighborhood feud was one likely motive behind the Easter Sunday shooting deaths of a couple in their home by a man who was then slain by San Diego County sheriff's deputies, authorities said.
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