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ATHENS, Greece – Riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in central Athens on Thursday, sending Christmas shoppers and people in cafes running for cover. Frightened parents scooped up their children from a Christmas carousel in the city’s main square and fled. The protesters broke away from a peaceful rally and …

NEW YORK – O.J. Simpson’s rambling apology in a Las Vegas courtroom was the last-ditch bid for leniency by a “monster,” the family of Ron Goldman said Monday. “I don’t believe for one single second he has an ounce of remorse in his body,” Fred Goldman said on NBC’s “Today.” …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents. …