Nevada jury awards $500M in hepatitis case

Showdown gun control vote set Thursday

Budget cuts ground military aircraft

Cuba to turn over Florida couple and their children

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AUDIO: ALASKA SERIAL KILLER WANTED EXECUTION DATE: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Even before he was charged in the slaying of a young barista, Israel Keyes bluntly told authorities in Alaska he would talk about other victims, but only on his terms.

Obama's domestic agenda on the line

Frog-phobic man awarded $1.6M

CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) - Paul Marinaccio Sr. traces his fear of frogs to a childhood incident in Italy when a man holding bullfrogs chased him away after he'd wandered from the vineyard where his parents worked. Decades later, he found himself describing his phobia to a jury, calling himself "a prisoner in my own home" after runoff water from a nearby development ...

Police to probe if Alaska coach hit player

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A police department in Oregon will investigate whether an Alaska assistant high school football coach assaulted a player on a school-sponsored team trip to a summer camp last year. Police in Juneau announced Monday they are turning the investigation over to the Gold Beach, Ore., Police Department to determine if a Thunder ...

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87

Group says 'alarm fatigue' can be deadly

Budget woes could delay NY trial for bin Laden kin

Hagel seeks change on conviction reversals

FDA approves return of drug for morning sickness

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BOY, 4, ACCIDENTALLY KILLS TENN. DEPUTY'S WIFE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a 4-year-old boy grabbed a loaded gun at a family cookout and accidentally shot and killed the wife of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy.

North Korea: US military not taking a chance

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action.

Regular almond eaters slimmer, healthier

Utah town forgets to hold election

Capra classic sequel panned as not ‘Wonderful’

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FLA. BULLYING CASE: CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST TEENS: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Charges have been dropped against two teenage girls whom a sheriff had accused of bullying a Florida classmate who later committed suicide, the girls' attorneys said Wednesday.

Elvis Presley's intellectual property rights are sold

GOP tweets altered image of Grimes as 'Obama Girl'

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The National Republican Senatorial Committee took disciplinary action Tuesday against a junior staffer who tweeted an "extremely offensive" photo-shopped image of Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.

Gettysburg: A short speech long remembered

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - In solemnity, thousands of people gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long remembered.

Va. state senator stabbed by his son

Navy sailor, fiancee marry at Nevada airport

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A U.S. Navy sailor told his high school sweetheart he wanted to marry her the moment he laid eyes on her after an 11-month deployment off the coast of war-torn Syria.

Player charged for hitting player with helmet

PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri high school football player was charged Tuesday with assault for allegedly ripping off another player's helmet during a game and hitting him in the head with it, giving him a concussion. Colin W. Byrd, a 17-year-old center for Platte County R-3 High School, is charged with misdemeanor assault for the incident that occurred Oct. 18 during a game against Winnetonka High School, Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said. ...

High court refuses to block Texas law

WASHINGTON (AP) - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions.

NYC bans tobacco sales to anyone under age 21

NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed landmark legislation Tuesday banning the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21, making New York the first large city or state in the country to prohibit sales to young adults.

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Kids less fit than parents were

Congressman charged with cocaine possession