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CHICAGO (AP) — They're a long way from a final victory, but a federal agency has ruled that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes. The National Labor Relations Board says football players who receive full scholarships to the Big Ten school do qualify as employees under federal law and therefore can legally unionize. Immediately after the ruling, the school announced it plans to appeal to labor authorities in Washington.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A top Malaysian official says there is a "credible lead" in the multinational search for the missing jetliner with 239 people aboard. An official says a French satellite scanning the southern Indian Ocean for remnants found a possible plane debris field on Sunday containing 122 objects. Previously, an Australian satellite detected two large objects and a Chinese satellite detected one. Clouds obscured the latest satellite images, but dozens of objects could be seen in the gaps, ranging in length from 3 feet to 76 feet.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Kuwaiti born cleric who is Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has been convicted today in New York for his role as al-Qaida's chief spokesman after 9/11. A federal jury deliberated six hours over two days before finding Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo GAYTH) guilty of charges that included conspiracy to kill Americans and providing support to al-Qaida. Prosecutors say the conviction vindicates the Obama administration's strategy of bringing terror suspects to justice in civilian court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five pharmaceutical companies are voluntarily phasing out the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in animals processed for meat. The firms responded to a request by the Food and Drug Administration. One unidentified firm refused to comply with the request. Many cattle, hog and poultry producers give their animals antibiotics regularly to ensure that they are healthy and to make the animals grow faster.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Greenpeace activists who staged a daring demonstration at Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati have taken their message worldwide with protests in five more countries. The group hopes to draw attention to the company's use of palm oil from a supplier tied to tropical forest destruction. Protesters displayed a giant banner from the top floor of P&G's Indonesian headquarters in Jakarta and dressed like tigers. Other protests were in the Philippines, India, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
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