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Ex-Peace Corps worker gets 15 years for sex abuse
A former Peace Corps volunteer apologized for sexually abusing young girls while serving in South Africa and acknowledged the widespread fallout from ...
Minn. man found passed out on Wis. Capitol roof
Police say a Minnesota man who broke into the Wisconsin Capitol through a first-floor window and was found unconscious on the roof is now facing ...
Netflix pledges to caption all content by 2014
Netflix will offer closed captions on all TV and movie content by September 2014 as part of a settlement with a deaf Massachusetts viewer who sued the ...
Lawsuit involving pedophile pediatrician settled
Attorneys for the state medical society and a southern Delaware hospital have settled a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of former ...
Monet's 'Water Lilies' to star at NYC auction
An auctioneer predicts a work from Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" series could go for $30 million to $50 million when it's put up for sale next month ...
Teen arrested in sucker-punching of Pa. teacher
A teenager who sucker punched a schoolteacher in a downtown alley — an attack caught on surveillance video — apparently picked the victim at random, ...
Correction: Missing School Girl story
In a story Oct. 8 about a missing schoolgirl, The Associated Press misidentified the girl's great-grandmother. She is Donna Moss, not Dana Moss.
NYC homeless boom puts shelters in lap of wealthy
With a grand entryway of ornate white stonework, the elegant building seems to blend right into this Manhattan neighborhood of multimillion-dollar ...
Man arrested after smoke grenade found in luggage
A man dressed in a bulletproof vest and fire-resistant pants was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a smoke grenade, gas mask, leg ...
Police release video of missing Colorado girl
Authorities scoured a suburban Denver neighborhood for clues Tuesday and urged people to watch out for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared four days ...
Police: Student took LSD before campus shooting
A nude University of South Alabama freshman had taken LSD and assaulted others before he chased the campus police officer who fatally shot him, ...
Prostitution arrests rock Maine tourist town
This upscale southern Maine town is known for its ocean beaches, old sea captains' mansions and the neighboring town of Kennebunkport, home to the ...
Minn. witness describes early al-Shabab recruiting
A Minnesota man who spent two months with a terrorist group in his native Somalia told a jury Tuesday that another man on trial for allegedly helping ...
Texas mother charged in deaths of 2 infant sons
A Texas woman pregnant with her fourth child has been charged in the deaths of her two infant sons in 2011 and earlier this year, police said Tuesday.
Police in Ga. unearth human remains in concrete
Georgia police have unearthed a body that was entombed in concrete, stuffed inside a plastic storage container, and buried in a back yard.
Sandusky gets at least 30 years, denies wrongdoing
In what sounded at times like a locker room pep talk, Jerry Sandusky rambled in his red prison suit about being the underdog in the fourth quarter, ...
Mom seeks leniency for woman who glued kid's hands
A Dallas woman who admitted beating her 2-year-old daughter and gluing her hands to a wall is "not a monster" and deserves probation, the child's ...
Long-missing Colo. Marine buried with full honors
A Colorado family's years of waiting ended Tuesday when they finally buried a fallen Marine who had been missing since a helicopter crash during the ...
Jury being picked in teen Craigslist killings case
A teenager charged in a deadly scheme to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers went on trial on murder charges Tuesday, waving to prospective ...
$1M pair of watches tops Neiman Marcus gift list
Neiman Marcus rolled out its annual Christmas catalog Tuesday, offering a set of "his and hers" watches paired with a trip to Paris and Geneva for ...
Man's roach-eating death raises question: Why?
As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people ...
Veteran AP Georgia newsman Dick Pettys dies at 66
From Georgia's last segregationist governor to the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction, Dick Pettys covered Georgia politics for ...
Oil price soars on supply jitters
The price of oil rose more than 3 percent Tuesday on concerns about supplies from the Middle East and the North Sea. Benchmark crude gained $3.06, or ...
Egyptian-born terror suspect pleads not guilty
An Egyptian-born preacher pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiring with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, three days after ...
Police: Man tries to rob bank of $1 in prison bid
A man tried to rob a Pennsylvania bank of $1 because he hoped to be sent to a federal prison nearby, police said. Jeffrey McMullen, a 50-year-old ...