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Judge: Turn over LA priest files to court
A judge on Monday ordered the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to turn over to the court the top-secret files it has kept for decades on ...
Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling
A highly acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in his ...
Ex-policeman gets life for 1957 death of Ill. girl
Friends and family who had all but given up on seeing anyone brought to justice for the murder of a young Illinois girl more than 50 years ago said ...
Autopsies confirm bodies are missing Iowa cousins
Police in Iowa say an autopsy has confirmed that two bodies found last week in a wildlife area are those of two young cousins who have been missing ...
Coat-wearing monkey caught outside Toronto store
Shoppers at an Ikea store in Toronto weren't monkeying around when they reported a primate on the loose. Customers spotted a monkey — clad in a ...
5 dead in Calif. Indian reservation shootings
The church bell that rings out to announce the deaths of tribal members on the Tule River Indian Reservation tolled repeatedly after a man went on a ...
Numb, hopeful, families endure post-Sandy recovery
It's been more than a month since Sandy, the superstorm combining a hurricane, a nor'easter and surging full-moon tides, tore through the Northeast, ...
Police: Boy shot in Pa. was buckling himself in
A 7-year-old boy had been buckling himself into his safety seat in the back of his father's truck when he was shot to death after a handgun ...
Same-sex couples in Wash. state start wedding vows
Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies on Sunday, the first day they could marry after the state's ...
10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. WHO'S TALKING AS U.S. FINANCIAL DEADLINE NEARS ...
NYC suit against Strauss-Kahn could end in deal
Her side said she was seeking justice after prosecutors gave up on her sexual assault case. His said she slandered him in a grab for money. But a ...
Breathers beware: Particulate fouls icy Fairbanks
Stanford University Medical Center doctors gave Alex Lee a parting gift at the end of his heart operations earlier this year: surgeon's masks.
Tijuana architect was an unlikely drug courier
Eugenio Velazquez doesn't fit the mold of the down-on-his luck, uneducated, underemployed courier who ferries drugs to the U.S. for Mexican drug ...
Hanukkah festivities begin with candle lighting
Jews around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival Saturday evening, lighting the first candles of ceremonial lamps that symbolize ...
Police: Boy, 7, shot to death at Pa. gun store
A man's handgun went off while he was holding it as he got into his truck in the parking lot of a western Pennsylvania gun store Saturday, and the ...
Detroit judge put on leave amid claims of affair
A Detroit judge recently reprimanded for sending a shirtless photo of himself to an employee has been placed on leave amid allegations he had a ...
Soldier's slaying in US is bitter irony for family
Army Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux's death came not on a battlefield in Afghanistan but on an infantry post in Colorado — allegedly at the hand of a fellow ...
Washington could become pot source for neighbors
Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go ...
US: 200 teens have been detained in Afghan war
The U.S. military has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers who were captured in the war for about a year at a time at a military prison next to ...
Crowds, vets recall deadly attack on Pearl Harbor
As crew members lined the edge of the Navy guided-missile destroyer, the ship's whistle sounded. It was 7:55 a.m., the exact time the Japanese began ...
Man in Ariz. claims half of Powerball jackpot
Fallout from the looming fiscal cliff has drifted into the Powerball arena. A man who lottery officials announced Friday has claimed his half of the ...
Mom of missing boy gets 5 1/4 years in prison
An Arizona woman who was convicted in her young son's disappearance nearly three years ago was sentenced Friday to 5 1/4 years in prison after ...
Man in 30s bought 2nd winning Powerball ticket
Lottery officials announced Friday that a married man in his 30s from a wealthy Phoenix suburb has claimed his half of the $587.5 million Powerball ...
Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country on Friday marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed ...
AP PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor attack 71 years ago
The noise of the planes broke the early Sunday morning quiet over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The surprise attack 71 years ago killed 2,390 service ...