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Report: 3 militants escape from prison in Lebanon
Lebanon's state run news agency says three members of an al-Qaida-inspired group have escaped from a prison in eastern Beirut. It was not immediately ...
Berezovsky to pay Abramovich $56M in legal costs
A British court has ordered self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky to pay 35 million pounds ($56 million) in legal costs to fellow Russian Roman ...
Oil rises slightly on unrest in the Middle East
The price of oil is falling as worries about unrest in the Middle East are offset by new predictions of declining demand. Benchmark oil 41 cents ...
Decades of Miss Subways smiled on NYC straphangers
It was an ad campaign conceived as eye candy to bring attention to other advertisements in New York's transit system. But the "Meet Miss Subways" ...
Crews to search for 4th victim in garage rubble
Crews planned to resume their search Friday morning for the last person missing two days after a parking garage collapsed at Miami Dade College's west ...
FBI seeks help in finding missing Colorado girl
Authorities have shifted their focus from searching for a missing 10-year-old girl to appealing for help in tracking down her apparent kidnapper, as ...
Botswana court rules in favor of gender equality
Botswana's courts nullify a customary law that denied women the right to inherit a family home, a decision seen as a crucial step forward for women's ...
7 British Marines arrested on suspicion of murder
Experts say the arrests of seven Royal Marines on suspicion of murdering an insurgent could have damaging consequences for the British presence in ...
Praise and shock: EU Nobel Peace Prize reactions
Some reaction to the European Union being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday: ___ "The stabilizing part played by the European Union has helped ...
A glance at the Nobel Peace Prize
WHO WON? The 27-nation European Union. FOR WHAT? The EU received the award for what the Norwegian prize committee said were six decades of ...
Recent winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 1998: ___ — 2012: The European Union. — 2011: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist ...
Closings set in glued toddler's mom's trial
Closing arguments are set for Friday in the sentencing trial of a Dallas woman who admitted to beating her toddler and gluing her hands to a wall.
Attempt to stop names release in prostitution case
A lawyer for two alleged clients of a Maine woman accused of running a prostitution business out of her Zumba dance studio in Kennebunk and secretly ...
Investor wants $20 million for Argentine flagship
International investors put a $20 million price tag on an Argentine navy training ship Thursday after a judge in Ghana ruled that the ARA Libertad ...
Week in review: the most telling images
From celebrity gossip and political news to chance shots of all sorts - a collection of the week's most telling images.
NYC, rabbis clash over circumcision ritual
A group of rabbis is clashing with New York City health officials over the safety of an ancient circumcision ritual. Three rabbis and three Jewish ...
Violent street gang: US targets finances of MS-13
The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown ...
Crews search for 4th victim in Fla. garage rubble
Workers inched closer Thursday afternoon to pulling a fourth likely casualty from the site of a parking garage collapse as a search for answers ...
Fla. man accused of returning used enemas
Prosecutors say a Florida man resealed and returned used enemas to pharmacies who resold them to unsuspecting customers. Thirty-four-year-old Ronald ...
Cartels flood US with cheap meth
Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation's drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made ...
Women's home fighting insurance giant to stay put
As Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic battled for the title at the Western & Southern Open north of Cincinnati, a small plane buzzed overhead, trailing ...
Maine drivers warned of zombie danger
Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused. The sign at a ...
Squirrel dinner prep maybe sparked Michigan fire
Authorities say a blaze that displaced dozens of people from a southwest Michigan apartment complex may have been sparked by a resident trying to cook ...
1 adult, 4 children killed in Baltimore house fire
An intense fire that ripped through a Baltimore row house early Thursday has claimed the lives of an adult and four children, a fire official said.