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Leonard Gonzalez is accused of shooting and killing Melanie and Byrd Billings in their bedroom in July 2009. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2009/08/28/lavendera.billings.murder.cnn Openings statements are set for Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Florida couple known for...

Obama confident in reform bill passage WASHINGTON, Del., (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is confident the U.S. financial reform bill would pass despite the death of Sen. Robert C. Byrd. Byrd, D-W. Va., died Monday after what the president called an "unparalleled career" in the...

Byrd will lie in repose in Senate chamber WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- The body of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., will lie in repose in the Senate chamber the day before he is to be buried in West Virginia, officials said Tuesday. Byrd, who died Monday at 92, was the longest-serving member of Congress...