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WASHINGTON – A Tennessee death-row inmate can use DNA evidence to attempt to show his innocence 20 years after he was convicted of murdering a neighbor, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The high court’s decision is significant because numerous exonerations in recent years of death-row and other criminal defendants through …

TOKYO – Japan’s Honda Motor Co. said on Wednesday it would recall and repair a combined 561,594 units of the Odyssey, CR-V and Step Wgn models globally to fix a faulty ignition switch that could cause the engine to stop. The recall and repairs would cost the company around 2.73 …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Government forces fanned out across Baghdad on Wednesday, setting up checkpoints, frisking motorists and causing huge traffic jams on the first day of the largest security operation in Iraq’s capital since Saddam Hussein’s ouster three years ago. President Bush, back in Washington after a surprise visit to …