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Pair of Ky. highway crashes kills 6, injures 5
Kentucky State Police were investigating whether distracted driving caused a tractor-trailer to plow into an SUV carrying eight people on Saturday, ...
Suhr sets women's indoor pole vault record
Jenn Suhr set a women's pole vault indoor record by clearing 16 feet, 5½ inches Saturday at the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships.
Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start
Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Ex-con accused of sneaking back into NYC jails
Most people who've done time in jail can't wait to get away. But this week, New York City authorities accused one former inmate of sneaking back in.
AP PHOTOS: A look at past Iditarod sled dog races
The world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, kicks off Saturday with an 11-mile-long trot through Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. The race ...
Smiling polar bear cub debuts at western NY zoo
A smiling, playful 3-month-old polar bear cub has made its public debut at the Buffalo Zoo in western New York. The fluffy white cub was introduced ...
Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year
In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms ...
Lawyers clash over term 'pimp' in Maine Zumba case
The lead investigator in the case against an insurance agent accused of helping a fitness instructor use a Zumba studio as a front for prostitution ...
Hawaii Sign Language found to be distinct language
Linguists say they have determined that a unique sign language, possibly dating back to the 1800s or earlier, is being used in Hawaii, marking the ...
Police detail 9 minutes before Las Vegas fireball
It took just nine fateful minutes for a valet stand dispute to escalate to a deadly Las Vegas Strip shooting, crash and fireball. Nearly every second ...
Sinkhole that swallowed Fla. man 'unstable'
In a matter of seconds, the earth opened under Jeff Bush's bedroom and swallowed him up like something out of a horror movie. About the only thing ...
Bad 'Fresh Prince' rap triggers Pa. lockdown
Now this is a story all about how a high school student's life got turned upside down. But it was all just a bad rap. The teen's voicemail greeting ...
Autopsy: Russian adoptee's Texas death an accident
The death of a 3-year-old adopted Russian boy has been ruled an accident by West Texas authorities, but officials said Friday they are still ...
Rapist sentenced to life in prison
A Connecticut man accused of being the "East Coast Rapist" in a series of assaults over more than a decade from Rhode Island to Virginia was sentenced ...
Vt. town ponders exhibit honoring Soviet dissident
Residents of the southern Vermont town that was once the home-in-exile of former Soviet dissident and writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn are considering ...
US Speedskating eyeing sexual abuse allegations
U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of ...
1st Polaroid-branded photo store opens in Fla.
The first in a chain of Polaroid-branded photo shops opened here Friday, with its backers hoping to reinvigorate the digital world's interest in ...
Famed free NYC college may start charging tuition
For more than a century, Cooper Union has been a one-of-a-kind meritocracy: Open to any student qualified to walk through its doors. For free.
1 of nation's oldest teachers retires in LA at 94
One of the oldest fulltime schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94. Rose Gilbert has been educating kids in Los Angeles for the past ...
Meet Gladys Stones, Ohio zoo's youngest gorilla
A baby gorilla that was recently moved to the Cincinnati Zoo from Texas now has a name. Cincinnati Zoo officials say the female baby gorilla has been ...
NM art teacher remembered in fatal stabbing case
Friends say Victoriano "Mo" Moises Byrne-Gonzales was an expectant father and art teacher who had just been promoted to assistant director at his ...
Pocket dialing calls police to Oregon drug deal
Police in the Oregon town of Molalla say a dispatcher received a cellphone call and overheard a drug deal taking place. A phone in the woman's pocket ...
Defendant puts on scrubs, walks out of NM hospital
A man arrested in a drug case is back in custody after donning scrubs and then walking out of an Albuquerque hospital where a police officer had left ...
Local history buffs munch on muskrat in Michigan
Most of the menu read like a typical buffet, with soup, salad, turkey, pork and potatoes. But the first offering at the annual Muskrat Dinner in ...
2 US Navy sailors convicted in Okinawa rape
Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime that outraged many on the ...