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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 ...
Bus driver not guilty of manslaughter in NY crash
A tour bus driver who prosecutors said was all but asleep at the wheel was acquitted Friday of manslaughter and negligent homicide in a crash last ...
Neb. school officials avoid charges in abuse case
Three western Nebraska school officials accused of failing to report allegations that high school wrestlers sexually assaulted a young teammate at a ...
Correction: Gang Indictment story
In a story Dec. 6 about a racketeering indictment against dozens of alleged gang members, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of ...
Woman ate tomatoes, snow while stranded in Sierra
A Nevada woman survived on snow and tomatoes for nearly a week and found shelter in a hollowed-out tree after she became stranded in a winter storm ...
Gun turns up in package of frozen ribs at NM store
New Mexico authorities say they're puzzled by what turned up in a package of meat at a Roswell grocery store. A worker at Albertsons opened a case of ...
Police seek to 'find a killer' of 2 Iowa cousins
A sheriff investigating the apparent kidnapping and slaying of two Iowa cousins said Friday that the discovery of the young girls' bodies is a ...
George Zimmerman sues NBC and reporters
George Zimmerman sued NBC on Thursday, claiming he was defamed when the network edited his 911 call to police after the shooting of Trayvon Martin to ...
Gay Washington state couples get marriage licenses
Hundreds of same-sex couples across Washington state started picking up marriage licenses Thursday as a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage ...
Authorities 'confident' bodies are 2 Iowa cousins
Northeast Iowa residents who have been holding out hope that two young cousins missing for five months might be home for Christmas were grappling ...
Ex-Thai PM will face murder charges over crackdown
Investigators say they plan to file murder charges against Thailand's former prime minister and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for ...
Report: Calif. stem cell agency needs overhaul
California has transformed into a major player in stem cell research, but the taxpayer-funded institute responsible has "significant deficiencies" in ...
PSU won't pursue discipline for sorority photos
Penn State president Rodney Erickson admonished students who wore costumes and held offensive signs in photographs circulated on the Internet, but ...
APNewsBreak: Files show images of missing Utah mom
Thousands of images seized from the home of Susan Powell's father-in-law show the missing Utah mother as she walks in public and sits in her car — ...
Legal pot in Wash. state - questions and answers
Marijuana became legal under Washington state law Thursday. So, bong hits and funny brownies for everybody? Not quite. Pot legalization in the ...
New Yorkers wrestle with survival on subway tracks
The horrific case of a man pushed to his death on the subway tracks has set New Yorkers abuzz about what they would do — and how they would save ...
Pearl Harbor survivor helps identify unknown dead
Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater.
UK publicist Max Clifford arrested in sex case
For years, the affable, white-haired Max Clifford has been the "go to" guy for British celebrities seeking help with public relations fiascos. Now it ...
Sheriff: Calif. handyman kidnapped, forced to work
A Northern California man and woman are accused of luring a handyman to a home, beating him and holding him against his will for about six hours while ...