WASHINGTON - A former tire plant worker’s complaint that she was paid thousands of dollars less than men in the same job made it to the Supreme Court on Monday in a case that could affect pay discrimination claims nationwide.

Protesters urge pope to stay away
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam at a rally Sunday that underlined deep divisions straining Turkey ahead of the pontiff’s visit this week.

International briefs
Swiss OK aid to 10 new

Clerics carry out ‘pray-in’ to protest US Airways action
WASHINGTON - Imams, ministers and a rabbi staged a “pray-in” demonstration Monday at Reagan Washington National Airport and asked an apology from US Airways for barring six Muslims from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week.

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