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Uncle says he tried to save 7 from Ky. house fire
Authorities planned Monday to release more information about a weekend house fire in the Appalachian foothills of Kentucky that killed a man, his ...
NYPD program patrols inside private buildings
Jay Victorino was standing outside his mother's apartment when he was grabbed by police, and he says if she hadn't come downstairs to identify him he ...
6 teens killed, 2 hurt in northeast Ohio SUV crash
A speeding sport utility vehicle taken without permission and carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into ...
Survivors of Calif sailboat race accident released
Five sailors who survived when their boat smashed into rocks during a race in storm-churned seas off Southern California, killing a fellow crewmember, ...
Calif. animal park reopens after fatal lion attack
A California animal sanctuary where an African lion killed a 24-year-old intern reopened to the public Sunday with the support of the victim's family.
Afghan leader alleges US, Taliban are colluding
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most ...
1 dead, 5 rescued in Calif. sailboat race accident
Storm-churned seas during a sailing race off Southern California smashed a boat into island rocks, leaving one sailor dead, after the vessel's crew ...
Reports: Harvard secretly searched deans' emails
Harvard University administrators secretly searched the emails of 16 deans last fall, looking for a leak to reporters about a case of cheating, two ...
Woman who finished 2nd in 2012 takes Iditarod lead
An Alaska woman who finished second in last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race grabbed the lead in the 1,000-mile race Saturday evening. Aliy Zirkle ...
Catholic newspaper draws rebuke from bishop
A newspaper known for unflinching coverage of the Catholic church scandal was rebuked by a bishop in its own backyard after calling for his ouster in ...
Transfer of US prison to Afghans delayed again
The long-awaited transfer of the U.S. detention center in Afghanistan was delayed once again Saturday after a deal struck between the two governments ...
Catholics create 'virtual conclave' for new pope
A pastor in Ontario wondered about behind-the-scenes politicking ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope. He could have read news reports or ...
Vt. paper defends 'fry Rice' sign supporting team
A Vermont newspaper defended itself Saturday against accusations of racism over a poster it published in support of a local sports team that read "fry ...
Iditarod fatigue: Seeing elephants in the snow
There comes a time during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race when fatigue can turn Alaska's frozen landscape into an unlikely habitat for an elephant ...
2 Civil War sailors from USS Monitor buried in Va.
More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret when it was ...
Family: Death of woman in lion cage was accident
Relatives of a 24-year-old intern killed by a lion at a California animal park said Friday they believe the facility followed safety protocols and the ...
Colo shooting suspect was hospitalized, restrained
Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes was taken from jail to the psychiatric ward of a hospital in November because he was considered a ...
Philly coming to grips with mass school closings
When ninth-grader Zach Kaufmann found out his school was one of 27 targeted for closure in Philadelphia, he fought back. He joined a youth activist ...
Bin Laden's son-in-law: Pleads not guilty in NY
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the charismatic al-Qaida spokesman, fundraiser and son-in-law to Osama bin Laden, is likely to have a vast trove of knowledge ...
Jury done for day at NYC cannibal-plot trial
A jury ended its first full day of deliberations on Friday without a verdict in the case of a New York City police officer accused of plotting to ...
NY widow convicted of charge servant was illegal
A hotelier's widow who had been accused of cheating an Indian household servant out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary and keeping her a ...
Defense seeks dismissal of Ind. fetal murder case
A lawyer for a woman charged with murdering her infant because she ate rat poison while pregnant says records clearly show that the Indiana law she's ...
40 hikers rescued; were lost on Ky. mountain
More than three dozen Pennsylvania college students spending spring break in Kentucky on a mission trip were safe Friday after becoming lost for hours ...
Suspect in Ga. attacks charged in Minn. killing
A man wanted in a string of attacks last year against women in Georgia was charged Friday with killing a young woman in Minnesota whose bloodied body ...