Over 40 Shiites said kidnapped in Iraq (AP)

By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 40 Shiites were abducted along a notoriously dangerous highway just north of Baghdad, police said Wednesday, and the death toll from a suicide bombing at a wedding party rose to 23, including nine children. At least eight other people were either found dead or slain in new attacks Wednesday, including one person killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad's central market, which wounded five others, police Lt. Ali Hassan ...