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Do gays need a church of their own anymore?
On that Sunday in 1968 when Troy Perry borrowed a minister's robe and started a church for gays in his living room, the world was a very different ...
US, Europe hope the new year brings better times
From the glittering New Year's ball dropping in Times Square to joyous fireworks in London and cheers in a once-isolated Asian country, the world did ...
Survivors of fatal Ore. bus crash say some ejected
Survivors of a bus crash that killed nine people on a partly icy section of interstate in rural Eastern Oregon said Monday some passengers were thrown ...
NC man accused of stealing meteorites
Authorities in southern North Carolina have made one arrest following the theft of 100 meteorites from a science education center and are searching ...
Suspect in NYC subway death arrested before
The family of a woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she ...
Police: NYC couple had 'Terrorist Encyclopedia'
A woman who gave birth under arrest and her boyfriend were facing weapons charges Monday after authorities said they found a substance used to make ...
Pentagon debuts float in Rose parade to honor vets
It's been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops ...
Minimum wage gap grows wider between states
With a bump in the Washington state minimum wage to $9.19 an hour, high school student Miranda Olson will edge closer to her goal of buying the black ...
Police: Maine man threatened, then killed tenants
A 74-year-old Maine man killed two teenage tenants inside their apartment after arguing with them about late rent, snow shoveling and parking, ...
Final resting place of Newtown gunman a mystery
The body of the man who massacred 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school was claimed by his father, a family spokesman said Monday, but the ...
Man charged in burning of LA homeless woman
A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was charged Monday with attempted murder after a homeless woman was set on fire last week as she slept on a suburban bus ...
A lesson in pop culture via Guantanamo
An Afghan man who is being held with the most significant terrorism suspects in U.S. custody has apparently gained extensive knowledge of western pop ...
Colleges help students scrub online footprints
Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. "It wasn't anything too horrible," she said.
Soldier adjusts to life at home after Afghanistan
First Lt. Aaron Dunn deployed to Afghanistan in early March 2012. His 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was charged with engaging ...
List: No love for 'fiscal cliff,' 'spoiler alert'
Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. "Spoiler alert" is among them. So are ...
9 killed in tour bus crash along Oregon highway
A tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy Oregon highway and 100 feet down a steep embankment Sunday, killing nine people and injuring more ...
Psychiatric test for suspect in NYC subway death
A woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train because she believed he was Muslim laughed and smiled during a court hearing ...
Choctaw family devastated in Miss. SUV wreck
Funerals will be held this week for five young siblings and an adult who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by the children's father careened ...
Maine man, 74, held in deaths of teenage tenants
A 74-year-old Maine man was charged in the shooting deaths of two tenants inside an apartment he rented out at his home, possibly over a dispute about ...
LV police suspect casino worker killed young girl
Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and allegedly slashing the face of a co-worker with razor ...
Watch Nights mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th
As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be ...
Missing Ga. boys located in Texas, father held
Police said two young boys from Georgia who were reported missing this week were found safe in Texas on Saturday and their father is in custody and ...
Woman charged with murder in NY subway shove death
A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she has hated Muslims since Sept. 11 and ...
5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi wreck
Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a ...
Former President Bush moved out of intensive care
Former President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said.