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In the night, train brings grief to Quebec town

50 dead in small community

Official: 7 UN staff murdered in Sudan attack

The assault included sustained heavy fire from machine guns and possibly rocket-propelled grenades, targeting the force about 15 miles west…

Islamic extremist supports attacks on Nigerian schools

In a new video released Saturday, Islamic radical Abubakar Shekau said he “fully supports” attacks on several schools in northeastern…

Snowden wants asylum in Russia

needs help getting to Latin America

Wedding ring found amid fire ruins

Larry McCracken looks over the ashes of his home in Yarnell, Ariz. Larry and Patti McCracken, married nearly 50 years,…

Hundreds of new charges filed in Ohio kidnap case

Christmas Day 2006, rape. A new 977-count indictment filed Friday provides a numbing look at what prosecutors say was 10…

Penn State’s board authorizes Sandusky settlements

The school won’t be commenting on specifics until the deals have been made final, which could happen in the coming…

Court maintains ‘irresistible employee’ lawfully fired

This undated photo provided by Melissa Nelson shows Melissa with her husband, Steve, and their children in Fort Dodge, Iowa.…

Texas Dems question abortion restrictions

Hallie Boas motions that she was prohibited from bringing gynecological speculums into the Senate Gallery in the State Capitol on…

Pakistani teen shot by Taliban addresses U.N.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, addressed the United Nations on Friday.…

Jury starts deliberating George Zimmerman case

James Evan Muhammad, of the New Black Panther Party, demonstrates in front of the Seminole County Courthouse while the jury…

Stocks surge after Bernanke remarks

in no rush to curtail stimulus, chairman says

July 11, 2013

House OKs scaled-down farm bill sans food stamps

Republicans faced significant opposition to the plan from Democrats, farm groups and conservative groups that threatened to use the vote…

July 11, 2013

Dead Russian lawyer Magnitsky found guilty

Whistle-blower died of untreated illness in prison

July 11, 2013

Boston bombing suspect pleads not guilty

MIT police officers stand at attention outside the federal courthouse before the arraignment for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev…

July 10, 2013

Boston Marathon bombing suspect pleads not guilty

Tsarnaevdu1-i-syn As survivors of the bombing looked on, Tsarnaev, 19, gave a small, lopsided smile to his two sisters upon…

Mountain fire near Vegas burns 6 ranch structures

Visitors at Red Rocks National Recreation Area look out at the Spring Mountains with smoke from a wildfire billowing behind…

For Koreans, crash a point of national shame

Asiana Airlines President and CEO Yoon Young-doo answers reporters’ questions Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, before heading to San Francisco.LEE…

Egypt names prime minister

After days of deadlock, Egypt’s military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy…

GOP: Delay law’s individual mandate

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Boehner told reporters Tuesday that President Barack Obama should grant individuals a reprieve from…

Pennsylvania law banning gay marriage faces court challenge

The Whitewoods – Landon, 2, Susan, 49, Abbey, 16, Katie, 14, and Deb, 45 appear together after a news conference…

Lawmakers say loan changes tough on black students

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with the president and later said the PLUS loan was the first topic…

Defense seeks to introduce Trayvon Martin’s texts

Zimmerman’s attorneys called a forensics computer analyst to tell the judge presiding over the trial that text messages on Martin’s…

6 dismissed in 1st day of Fort Hood murder trial

Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is serving as his own attorney, didn’t take notes or confer with his former defense attorneys…

Former judge admits flaws in secret court

“Anyone who has been a judge will tell you a judge needs to hear both sides of a case,” Robertson,…

Automatic speed control at play

looking at how equipment used in Asiana crash

White House projects shrinking deficit

The new figures reflect additional revenues generated by the improving economy and take into account automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that…

July 8, 2013

Immigration, student loans top congressional plans

Congress returned to work Monday, and Republicans and Democrats face potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans…

July 8, 2013