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Alice McDermott's characters can often be described as average, and Marie, the heroine of her latest novel, is no exception. But critic Maureen Corrigan says the power of McDermott's writing is that she can make even Marie's run-of-the-mill life one for the record books.

Jews have lived in Greece since the time of Alexander the Great; the overwhelming majority of the community died during the Nazi occupation. Now, 70 years later, the community — and Greece — is confronting the rise of the Golden Dawn Party, a group that espouses neo-Nazi ideology.

Administration officials continue to push for Congressional support of strikes on Syria. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is adding to the number of targets inside Syria that could be struck. They include warplanes, attack helicopters and missile sites. If they're destroyed, Assad's regime could be weakened.

House leaders face a tough sell with liberals like Minnesota's Rick Nolan, who has emerged as one of most vocal opponents of military action in Syria.

District Judge G. Todd Baugh unleashed a firestorm of criticism when he issued the lenient sentence, saying that the victim, who later committed suicide, "seemed older than her chronological age."

A dispute over a proposed iron ore mine in Wisconsin has spilled into the nearby woods. Native Americans have set up a camp to protect land near the mine site and say federal treaty rights allow the campers to stay.

The city of Montgomery is enacting a temporary ban on new business licenses for payday lending companies.The 90-day moratorium approved by the City…

The Alabama National Guard says it will follow a Pentagon policy and honor requests for military benefits for same-sex couples.A Guard spokeswoman, Lt.…

Alabama Department of Public Safety officials say six people were killed in car crashes during Labor Day weekend.Department spokeswoman Robyn Litchfield…

Writing in Nature, a team of scientists say they've figured out how to reduce the infrastructure needed for such a system.