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• LA abuse charges prompt awkward talks for parents
  

  Sinister allegations of abuse by at least two teachers in a Los Angeles elementary school are prompting parents to remind their children that pastors, teachers and even relatives might do things that could hurt them.

  
  
  
• Day 2 of testimony in Va. lacrosse player's trial
  

  Prosecutors will continue their case Thursday in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.

  
  
  
• LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff
  

  Students will be greeted by new teachers when they return to class at a Los Angeles elementary school rocked by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.

  
  
  
• Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial
  

  Military veterans and others are planning to rally at a war memorial cross on public land in San Diego deemed unconstitutional by a federal court to push the Supreme Court to take up the case.

  
  
  
• Georgia primary may not be a Gingrich slam dunk
  

  The Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman from the state for two decades. Rival Mitt Romney is signaling that the biggest prize on Super Tuesday next month could be up for grabs.

  
  
  
• Analysis: Obama contraceptive mandate has a price
  

  The Obama administration's new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers' birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issues have surged to the forefront in the presidential campaign.

  
  
  
• Student tries to throw glitter at Romney in Denver
  

  A 20-year-old college student tried to throw glitter on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he greeted supporters in Denver following Colorado's caucuses.

  
  
  
• Video: Man tries to carry girl away at Ga. Walmart
  

  Authorities say a 7-year-old girl recalled her stranger danger training and was able to get away from a parolee who tried to abduct her at a Walmart store in west Georgia.

  
  
  
• Missouri teen gets life sentence in murder of girl
  

  A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.

  
  
  
• German man wins Empire State Building race again
  

  A German man has won an annual race up 86 flights of stairs at the Empire State Building for the seventh straight time.