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BATON ROUGE, La – More arrests are likely as authorities investigate at least 140 patient deaths at nursing homes and hospitals during and after Hurricane Katrina (search), including allegations that some patients may have been euthanized, the Louisiana attorney general’s office said Friday. Six hospitals and 13 nursing homes in …

TIJUANA, Mexico – A Roman Catholic priest was found shot to death in his car with his hands cuffed in the rough border city of Tijuana (search) on Monday, in what police said appeared to be an organized-crime killing. Tijuana Bishop Rafael Romo (search) said “the Church has been wounded,” …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Election authorities have fired about 50 employees for suspected fraud in last month’s legislative polls, officials said Sunday, casting a shadow on Afghanistan’s (search) latest step toward democracy. Some 680 ballot boxes, about 3 percent of votes, have been taken out of the counting process because of …