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Granger out of Pacers-Heat game with ankle injury
Indiana forward Danny Granger left the Pacers' Eastern Conference semifinal game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night early in the second half with ...
Sheriff: Suspect linked by DNA to missing CA teen
A man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of murder and kidnapping after his DNA was found in the bag of a missing girl whose abduction was believed ...
US goes after ex-Mexican governor's Texas property
The former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real ...
Jury sees video of GI buying bomb-making items
A Muslim soldier on the run for three weeks after going AWOL from a Kentucky Army post found no help from friends in his Dallas-area hometown, where ...
AP Sources: IOC, USOC agree on proposed money deal
Officials familiar with the negotiations say international and U.S. Olympic leaders have agreed in principle on a new revenue-sharing deal that would ...
Man in stable condition after Niagara Falls plunge
A man who survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls — only the third person known to have done so without a safety device — was in ...
Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with sweep
Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
Ford to get blue oval back after second upgrade
Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back. Moody's Investors Service raised Ford's debt ratings to investment-grade Tuesday for the first time ...
Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagers
A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English ...
APNewsBreak: NKorea upgrading rocket launch site
Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch ...
APNewsBreak: Franciscan files tell abuse story
Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the ...
Deaths of Neb. mom, son mystery to police, others
Police, neighbors and friends struggled Tuesday to unravel the mysterious deaths of a Nebraska woman and her 10-year-old son that began with them ...
Serial stabbings suspect guilty of murder in Mich.
A drifter accused of terrorizing a struggling city by faking car trouble then stabbing strangers who came to his aid was quickly convicted of murder ...
Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later
Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one ...
Storm survivors: Remembering Joplin's tornado
From dawn to dusk, residents who lived through the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., last year are remembering the storm and celebrating their ...
Oregon police: 5 dead in apparent murder-suicide
A mother and her three children were found dead in a burned house Tuesday in northwest Oregon, and the children's father was found dead later in a ...
Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts
A Silicon Valley software executive put fake bar codes on Lego sets at various Target stores, bought the toys at a steep discount, then sold them ...
Remains of 10 Ohio veterans found are buried
Veterans and civilians stood side by side to honor 10 Ohio veterans whose remains were buried Tuesday with full military honors, several months after ...
Reds fan who caught 2 HRs is honorary captain
The college student who got national attention for catching two home run balls is back in the spotlight at Great American Ball Park. The Cincinnati ...
White supremacist gets 40 years in Ariz. bombing
A white supremacist likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a 2004 ...
AP, news groups sue Idaho over execution access
The Associated Press and 16 other organizations sued the state of Idaho on Tuesday to force officials to let witnesses watch executions from start to ...
US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments
Uncle Sam may not want you after all. In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits ...
Priest in Pa. case: 'You don't say no' to cardinal
A priest assigned to help handle child sex-abuse complaints at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia told jurors Tuesday that Monsignor ...
Best Buy profit falls, adj. earns tops Street view
Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 26 percent on restructuring charges as the struggling electronics retailer ...
Passenger's suspicious claim diverts jet to Maine
A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant ...