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Trayvon's Parents: Death was not part of 'God's plan'
Following George Zimmerman's first televised interview, the parents of the unarmed teen who was shot and killed reject the shooter's claim
Lake, landfill searched for missing Iowa cousins
As the mystery surrounding the disappearance of two cousins in northeastern Iowa enters its seventh day, the search has moved to a landfill and a ...
Police: Pa. mom changed her kids' grades
A Pennsylvania woman allegedly changed her children's grades after logging into a school computer system using passwords obtained when she worked for ...
BC-10 Things to Know for Thursday
1. LOOKING AT WHAT'S NEXT FOR SYRIA Government forces shell neighborhoods in and around Damascus a day after a bombing that killed three of its ...
Judge grants Tenn. mosque's petition to open
Muslims in a Tennessee congregation prepared Thursday for the holy month of Ramadan a day after a federal judge ruled they have a right to occupy ...
Warrants: Fetishes led to Marine's wife slaying
Three roommates involved with a "sex dungeon" at their home may have murdered a Marine's wife as they tried to satisfy their fetishes, investigators ...
Detroit bomb hoax puts stadium safety in spotlight
As they watched a Detroit Tigers baseball game, 40,000 sports fans were unaware that dozens of police, security guards and federal agents were swiftly ...
Teens who lost kin to terror unite at Mass. camp
On a windowsill at a Massachusetts boarding school, a white candle burned in memory of a man who died half a world away in Argentina
Ca. city's fiscal emergency vote speeds bankruptcy
San Bernardino declared a fiscal emergency Wednesday night, allowing the city to avoid a lengthy mediation process and head straight to federal ...
Warrants: Slain Marine's wife targeted by sex ring
One of three suspects charged with murdering a Marine's wife said she strangled the victim, fearing she would upend a kinky sex ring by seducing her ...
LA Kings star won't face date-rape charge
Prosecutors have declined to file a date-rape charge against Los Angeles Kings star Drew Doughty, citing insufficient evidence. The Los Angeles County ...
SkyWest pilot takes jarring ride in stolen plane
A SkyWest Airlines pilot and murder suspect who stole an empty 50-passenger jet and crashed it as he drove it at a small Utah airport was found dead ...
Texas executes its 1st inmate using single drug
A Texas man convicted of carjacking and fatally shooting a stockbroker was put to death Wednesday, becoming the first prisoner in the nation's most ...
Americans on no-fly list allowed to learn to fly
U.S. citizens who are on the government's list of people banned from flying because they're considered terror threats are not prevented from learning ...
Witness says racial slur preceded Ala rampage
A wounded man's roomate said Wednesday that an Alabama shooting spree started when the gunman came to their door looking for a black man
Slain Texas doctor's family knew about problems
The family of Dr. Joseph Sonnier III had gathered in Louisiana for his funeral when they heard the news: Police had accused another doctor of paying ...
APNewsBreak: Adopted kids' ranch denied license
The Russian government isn't alone in raising questions about a Montana ranch that cares for troubled children adopted from foreign countries.
US panel: Improve child custody rules for military
A national legal panel that works to standardize state laws wants to simplify child custody rules for military service members, whose frequent ...
Ala. bar rampage suspect is on suicide watch
The suspect in a shooting rampage at an Alabama bar had been fired from his job after a fistfight with a co-worker in the spring, police said ...
A look at some ways to define the middle class
The "middle class" is an amorphous concept, and the presidential candidates are giving it their own definitions to fit their political purposes.
Groups seek to block Arizona immigration law
Opponents of Arizona's hardline immigration enforcement law launched a new effort Tuesday aimed at thwarting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will ...
Suspect in slaying of Mich. sisters dies in W.Va.
An Iraq war veteran suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and her pregnant sister in Michigan fatally shot himself in a remote West Virginia cabin ...
US-born kids of migrants lose rights in Mexico
As a cold drizzle washed over this town of narrow cobblestone streets in the forested highlands of central Mexico, mothers waiting outside the ...