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Minister: Somber Newtown needs MLK's words of hope
A former leader of one of the nation's most prominent liberal Protestant churches told residents still grieving one of the deadliest school shootings ...
NM shooting victims are chaplain, wife, 3 kids
A 15-year-old boy remained in custody Sunday night as detectives tried to piece together what led to the shooting of his parents and three of their ...
Minister tells Newtown: MLK's words 'needed now'
A former leader of one of the country's most prominent liberal Protestant churches told residents on Sunday, weeks after one of the deadliest school ...
SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body
Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative ...
Superstorm challenges definition of basement in NJ
Irene Sobolov believes the first floor of her house is just that. The federal government and her insurance company say it's a basement. The semantics, ...
5 hurt in shootings at gun shows in Ohio, Ind., NC
Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday, the same day that thousands of gun advocates ...
AP Exclusive: Sikh shooting victim slowly improves
Day after day, Raghuvinder and Jaspreet Singh hovered by their nearly comatose father and repeated a single word — a word their dad probably spoke ...
From Munich to Beslan, hostage rescues turn deadly
Algeria said Saturday that at least 19 hostages and 29 militants have died in a standoff between Islamists who stormed a natural gas plant deep in the ...
AP reporter: Condemned Va. killer opened up to me
He gave a nod and a wink before he sat down in the electric chair, then he uttered two statements as contradictory as the man himself: a Gaelic ...
Vatican welcomes Obama gun control proposal
The Vatican praised President Barack Obama's proposals for curbing gun violence, saying they are a "step in a right direction." The Vatican's chief ...
Salvagers tight-lipped on Shell vessel recovery
The united command overseeing the salvage of the Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge that ran aground on a remote Alaska island will release minimal ...
NY newspaper removes handgun permit holder data
A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information ...
Toyota settlement may signal future legal strategy
As Toyota Motor Corp. chips away at settling lawsuits claiming its vehicles suddenly accelerate, the question remains whether attorneys who sued could ...
Sheriff: Calif. burglar was using sauna
Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the ...
More women expected to serve Mormon missions
Mikaela Merrill was in the middle of her fall semester at Brigham Young University when she abruptly altered her college plans and signed up for a ...
Police: Man threw woman on subway tracks in Philly
A man has been arrested on charges he grabbed a woman by the feet and threw her onto the tracks at a Philadelphia subway station, police said.
Man charged in theft of dad's corpse from cemetery
A man was charged Friday in the theft of his father's body from a Detroit cemetery after the corpse was discovered in a freezer in his basement.
NYC, union trade harsh words over plan impasse
The city and its teachers' union can't agree on how to evaluate the educators, an impasse that has put the nation's largest school district at risk ...
Toilet paper donated on behalf of Ohio $1M winner
Charmin is providing some toilet paper relief on behalf of one of Ohio's newest million-dollar lottery winners. Regina Jackson has vivid memories of ...
Homeless are a challenge for Sarasota, Fla.
On a recent sunny winter day on a downtown Sarasota street corner, a cluster of homeless men lounged on the back steps of a building, grimy backpacks ...
Colo. theater reopens, months after mass shooting
One survivor had to pause on his way into the theater and pray. Another braced for flashbacks as he entered the auditorium where 12 people died and ...
FBI: No arrest for passenger pulled from plane
Military jets scrambled to escort an Alaska Airlines flight into Seattle and authorities took a passenger off the plane Thursday night, after a caller ...
Suspect dead, Mich. student safe after abduction
A parolee abducted and raped a Central Michigan University student, set a house on fire where the woman had fled for help and was fatally shot miles ...
US Navy ship stuck on coral reef in Philippines
A U.S. Navy minesweeper was stuck on a coral reef in the Philippines for a second day Friday, as the crew struggled to extract the ship and Philippine ...