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AIR FRANCE: OUT OF GAS? ASK PASSENGERS TO PITCH IN: PARIS (AP) - An emergency layover in Syria's capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.

Forest Service now tries to tamp out every flame

Ex-teacher gets 5-year prison term for student sex

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former North Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday and sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home. The Tarrant County jury decided on the sentence for Brittni Nicole Colleps, 28, of Arlington after nearly three hours of deliberation. It took jurors less than an hour to find ...

Report accuses general of lavish travel, spending

Report accuses general of lavish travel, spending

Activists get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt

Brazilian worker survives iron bar piercing his skull

For Ryan, physical fitness a lifelong endeavor

Philly-area swim club settles minority bias case from sale of their facilities

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dozens of black and Hispanic children who said they experienced racial discrimination at a swim club in an overwhelmingly white suburb will share proceeds from the sale of the club, which filed for bankruptcy after their allegations, according to a settlement made public Thursday.

Lawyer ordered to pay $4.5M to gay U-M student

DETROIT (AP) - A jury on Thursday awarded a gay University of Michigan student body president $4.5 million in his lawsuit against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who posted about him in an anti-gay blog.

Kennedy: Rep. Jackson in ‘deep’ depression

CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is in a "deep" depression and has "a lot of work" ahead of him on the road to recovery, former Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Thursday after visiting the hospitalized Chicago Democrat.

Full appeals court to hear ‘boobies’ bracelet case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A full federal appeals court will weigh an eastern Pennsylvania school district's efforts to ban breast-cancer fundraising bracelets that say "I (heart) boobies!"

Real-life Walter White sought on meth charge

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - A man who shares the same name with television's most noted meth dealer is wanted by authorities in Alabama for allegedly violating his probation for a past meth conviction.

Romney: Never paid less than 13 percent in federal income taxes

Shooting prompts gun bills in big states

Conservative, gay rights groups spar over shooting with Chic-fil-A connection

Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks

ATLANTA (AP) - Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.

Saga of suspect's body dragging on

Commander cites 'rot' in nuke force

Teen charged with homicide by assault in soccer ref death

Man charged with rape, kidnapping

Nation news briefs

Police facing questions in 3 women's rescue

Intel worker subjected to 'Kick Me' prank

Internet sales tax bill faces tough sell

Christie has weight-loss surgery

Late-payment rate on mortgages fall

Home signs warn of presence of predators

Delaware now 11th state with gay marriage

Gun homicides down 39% since 1990s

FBI says raid disrupts planned terror attack