James Woodard is slowly returning to life. He is starting over after spending 27 years behind bars. He was wrongly imprisoned and cleared by DNA. Woodard was convicted of raping and murdering his girlfriend in 1981 and sentenced to life in prison. He was released on April 29, the 17th Dallas County, Texas, inmate to be exonerated by DNA testing.

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A strong aftershock hit already devastated southwestern China today, triggering landslides, blocking roads, knocking out phone lines and burying vehicles, state-run media reported. Survivors still are being pulled from the rubble four days after being buried by the initial 7.9 magnitude quake.

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- in a blunt new message that coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary -- urged his followers to liberate Palestine, a terrorism analyst told CNN today. Bin Laden's audio message told listeners that "liberating" Palestine should be the aim of every Muslim, according to terrorism analyst Laura Mansfield.

Joshua Packwood knows what it's like to be a minority.

Give Brad Williams a date, and he can usually tell you not only what he was doing but what world events happened that day. He can do this for almost every day of his life.

Carmen Salva's mission may be ambitious, but her belief is simple: "It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in."

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