Iraq

A hostage standoff at a Catholic church in Baghdad left at least 58 people dead and 75 wounded, most of them women and children, according to CNN. The standoff began Sunday night before an evening mass at the church. Two priests, 17 security officers and five gunmen are also among the dead at the Sayidat al-Nejat church.

The hours-long standoff ended after Iraqi security forces stormed the church. Eight suspects were arrested.

The Arizona immigration bill, which is considered one of the toughest in the nation, was highly criticized by President Obama Friday when he called it "misguided" and "unfair".

The bill states that immigrants should carry their registration documents at all times and gives police authority to question people who they suspect are illegal. (CNN).

The Post Standard reports an Onondaga County sheriff was the victim of a racially hostile environment at work for seven years, ending in 2004. The federal jury ruled Odell Willis was subjected to racial harrassment at his work in the Justice Center jail but suffered no damages from the harassment. Under federal court rules nominal damages have to be rewarded if the jury says the victim has been wronged. The jury rewarded Willis $1. 

The Iraqi Human Rights Ministry released a report that claims more than 85,000 people were killed from 2004 to 2008. The report was the first official death toll report released by Iraqi government since the Iraq War began, according to abcnews.com.

The statistcs were difficult to obtain because there was no functioning government in Iraq after the toppling of the Saddam Hussein's regime.