1. At least 20 dead in Iraq violence.
At least 20 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a number of attacks and shootings in Iraq on Thursday, government officials said. In Khalis, about 75 kilometers (46 miles) north of Baghdad, at least 13 people died and 31 others were wounded when a car bomb exploded at an outdoor vegetable and fruit market Thursday morning, Mayor Odai al-Khadran told CNN. The predominantly Shiite town is in Diyala province. In the small, predominantly Sunni town of al-Jeel, about 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of Baghdad, gunmen stormed three separate houses, opening fire randomly while residents slept. Seven people were killed, including two women and a child, police officials in Baquba told CNN. Five other people, including three women, were wounded.
2. Van der Sloot sues Chile over his extradition to Peru for murder trial.
The Dutch man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has sued the Chilean government for more than $13 million, alleging his human rights were violated when Chile extradited him last year to Peru to face charges in the death of a Peruvian woman. Lawyer alleges violations of Joran van der Sloot's civil rights. The 24-year-old Dutch man face murder trial next year in Peru. He is also a suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
3. Sandusky lawyer: Alleged shower victim said there was no sexual contact.
Jerry Sandusky's attorney said Wednesday that a young man at the heart of cover-up allegations against Penn State University officials told him he was not a victim and had no sexual contact with the former assistant football coach. Defense lawyer Joseph Amendola told CNN contributor Sara Ganim that the young man, who was described in a grand jury report as being about 10 years old in March 2002, was in Amendola's office several weeks ago and said he believed he was the boy called "Victim 2." The young man said nothing sexual occurred with Sandusky in the shower, according to Amendola.