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Football star Donald Driver is new 'Dancing' champ
He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the "Dancing With the Stars" mirrorball trophy to his awards collection.
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 ...
Woman charged in NJ deaths of 2 Canadian tourists
A woman arrested in the daytime stabbing deaths of two Canadian tourists near an Atlantic City casino laughed, frowned, grimaced and repeatedly asked ...
Phillips, Sanchez face off on 'Idol' finale
Jessica Sanchez wishes she could've changed one thing about the "American Idol" finale: her final song. The judges completely dismissed "Change ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
No felony charges for 4 in Dodger Stadium fight
Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file felony charges Tuesday against four men arrested for a postgame beating and brawl outside Dodger ...
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 ...
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 ...
Review: Was anyone clamoring for 'Men in Black 3'?
There's a moment early on in "Men in Black 3" when Will Smith's Agent J sits down next to his longtime partner, Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K, and bemoans ...
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 ...
2010 census missed more than 1.5M minorities
The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly ...
Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa ...
Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI
An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving. KCRG-TV reports ...
Comanche tribe makes Johnny Depp honorary member
Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe. Depp is in New Mexico, shooting the film adaptation of "The Lone Ranger." He plays ...
Deportation threat lifted for lesbian Vt. couple
A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a reprieve.