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Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise
New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of ...
Bosnian court: 18 years for US embassy attacker
A Bosnian court on Thursday convicted a man who opened fire on the U.S. embassy of terrorism and sentenced him to 18 years in prison. Mevlid Jasarevic ...
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Fiscal fight, broken politics
Here we slow again. Washington's leaders are back to form, playing a petty, peevish and dangerous brand of politics. All that's at stake is the fate ...
US Reps. expect deeper look at NJ derailment
Federal regulations require inspections of rail bridges and other infrastructure and reports on accidents, but leave it to freight railroad owners to ...
Neb. state Sen. Flood exits 2014 governor's race
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Stocks inch higher on Wall Street; Apple gains
Stocks are inching higher in midday trading on Wall Street. Apple rose 2 percent a day after taking its worst fall in four years. In separate ...
Activision: New 'Call of Duty' hits $1B sales mark
"Call of Duty: Black Ops II" crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide retail sales 15 days after its Nov. 13 release, Activision Blizzard Inc., the ...
Flood leaving race for Nebraska governor
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Correction: Wall Street story
In a story Dec. 5 about the stock market, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a market strategist at Prudential Financial. Her name is ...
Rate on US 30-year mortgage ticks up to 3.34 pct.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages ticked up this week just slightly above their record lows, keeping home-buying and refinancing attractive to ...
US unemployment aid applications drop to 370K
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid fell sharply last week as a temporary spike caused by Superstorm Sandy has faded.
Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief
A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a messenger of peace blew himself up near Afghanistan's newly appointed intelligence chief on Thursday, seriously ...
Galleries spite Sandy to show at Art Basel Miami
It's art season in the Miami area. Art Basel Miami Beach and about two dozen other independent art fairs open Thursday. Tens of thousands of people ...
Clooney: Village burnings in Sudan a war crime
Actor George Clooney and a group of U.S. genocide scholars in the United States are warning that war crimes are taking place in an obscure conflict ...
Thief returns cash from Ohio kettle with apology
A thief who made off with cash from a Salvation Army red kettle at a northern Ohio mall this week apparently has had a change of heart. Police near ...
Stocks open mixed as Europe holds off on stimulus
The stock market wobbled between small gains and losses in early trading Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 18 points at 13,016 a ...
Morgan James shows old soul on Nina Simone tribute
Covering the music of the late Nina Simone seemed like a natural choice for Morgan James. From an early age, the Broadway actress says she's had an ...
Fox's correspondent on front lines with Obama
Ed Henry's assignment covering the White House would be a challenge for any journalist, no matter his employer. Yet Henry works at Fox News Channel, ...
As pot goes proper, a history of weed
The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and ...
US futures dip on EU economic concerns
Stock futures are falling as news that Europe will hold off on new stimulus measures overshadowed a positive jobs report in the U.S. Dow Jones ...
Snooki, JWOWW host MTV's New Year's Eve show
New York's Times Square is getting a little bit Jersey for New Year's Eve. MTV says "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWOWW" ...
Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday about a new effort by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe ...
Maine mall sacks Santa after rudeness complaints
A mall in Maine has sacked Santa Claus after children and parents complained he was rude, grumpy and wouldn't even let one child sit on his lap.
Colo. shooting suspect: Brief romance, few friends
It didn't take long for suspicions to surface at a Colorado university that the man who just hours earlier shot up a midnight movie was a student who ...
Keppinger, Chavez, Blanton & Bay move at meetings
The Los Angeles Angels added starter Joe Blanton and reliever Sean Burnett to their retooled pitching staff. Jeff Keppinger found a new home, as did ...