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COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges on 37 counts of using his office for personal financial gain, the state ethics commission said Monday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army and the National Institute of Mental Health are working on the largest-ever study of suicide and mental health among the military, officials say.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iowa Republicans would support a run by Sarah Palin for the 2012 presidential nomination, The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll released Monday indicated.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The annual Thanksgiving Day tradition binds Americans as one people thankful for common blessings, President Barack Obama said Monday.

PISA, Italy, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Five people aboard an Italian C-130 military transport plane died after it crashed Monday in Pisa, military sources said.

HOUSTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Houston family members say they're preparing to spend Christmas without a teenage daughter they believe is being held against her will.

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Authorities in Tajikistan must prosecute violence against women as a criminal offense, Amnesty International said in a report published Monday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The White House and the U.S. military are using different methods to estimate the cost for the anticipated build-up of Afghanistan troops, analysts say.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Attendees at a Tennessee auction purporting to sell items put up for bid by the victims of financial fraudster Bernie Madoff say it's a marketing ploy.

TULSA, Okla., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The Rev. Billy Joe Daugherty, whose television show reached more than 100 million households, has died in Houston at the age of 57, church officials said.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A Cincinnati man was arrested after allegedly striking his son's genitals with an electrical cord for stealing the father's earrings, police said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Providence, R.I., Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin says he never ordered priests in his diocese to deny communion to U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama announced Monday a 10-year, nationwide effort to move U.S. students to the head of the global class in science and math achievement.

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A blind law school graduate in Berkeley, Calif., said she is suing the National Conference of Bar Examiners in order to take the bar exam using adaptive tools.