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Why read the fine print when booking hotels?
The next time you book a hotel room, read the fine print first. New fees and novel freebies continue to pop up on hotel bills. Knowing what's included ...
Maine mom blames sitter, too, for baby's death
The mother of a baby allegedly killed by a 10-year-old Maine girl says she is glad the girl is charged but says the girl's mother, who was watching ...
NY priest 'deeply regrets' sex abuse comment
A New York priest says he "deeply regrets" if he hurt anyone by his comments that priests accused of child sex abuse are often seduced by their ...
Dad: Missing reporter likely in Syrian custody
The father of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing while working in one of Syria's most volatile regions, said Thursday that he believed ...
10-year-old Maine girl charged in infant's death
A 10-year-old girl was charged Thursday with manslaughter in the death of an infant whose mother said had ingested medication and been suffocated.
Weakening Isaac hovers over water-logged Louisiana
Isaac hovered over Louisiana for a third day Thursday, shedding more than a foot of additional rain that forced authorities to hurriedly evacuate ...
Mom upset daughter's attacker on run after verdict
The mother of a young Texas girl who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a group of men and boys over several months says she's upset one of her ...
Shooting suspect tried to call psychiatrist before attack
The suspect in the Colorado shooting rampage tried unsuccessfully to call his university psychiatrist 9 minutes before he opened fire during a Batman ...
Man gets 99 years for sex assault of Texas girl
A man convicted of participating in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Texas girl was sentenced Thursday to 99 years in prison — but ...
AP Exclusive: Shot teen's dad urges threat reports
The father of a 17-year-old disabled boy wounded in a cafeteria shooting on the first day of school near Baltimore said Thursday he wants parents to ...
Police: 100-year-old driver hits 14 near LA school
The screams of women and children didn't cause a 100-year-old driver to stop as he backed his large powder blue Cadillac onto a sidewalk across from ...
Mediator assigned to help in 'Pacman' Jones case
The Nevada Supreme Court is enlisting a mediator in an attempt to resolve a former Las Vegas strip club doorman's renewed effort to collect damages ...
Crash involving driver, 100, rekindles age debate
Jack Wyard is 92 and sees no reason to surrender his car keys, not to mention the freedom they give him to get up and go anywhere he wants, whenever ...
AP Exclusive: Sikh temple victim remains in coma
Sikh priest Punjab Singh hasn't regained consciousness since the shooting rampage at a Wisconsin temple earlier this month, and is hooked up to a ...
Former U.Va. athlete gets 23 years for slaying ex
A former University of Virginia lacrosse player who killed his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage received a 23-year prison sentence Thursday in a case ...
Amish woman: Ohio bishop coerced women into sex
An Amish bishop accused of orchestrating hair-cutting attacks in Ohio coerced women at his settlement into having sex with him so he could turn them ...
NY priest apologizes for sex abuse comments
A New York priest is apologizing following criticism he's receiving for saying that priests accused of child sex abuse are often seduced by their ...
Judge deciding US-born Taliban fighter's lawsuit
Allowing convicted Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates to pray daily in a group at their Indiana prison would be dangerous, ...
Drought-weary farmers await Isaac's remnants
Indiana farmer John Kolb normally would welcome storms that could provide his crops with badly needed water in this summer of drought. Instead, he and ...
Harvard probing dozens for possible cheating
Dozens of Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered they may have shared answers or ...
Gulf Coast has first-name relationship with storms
Along the Gulf Coast, you're not a real hurricane veteran until you're on a first-name basis with one of the killer storms. That's because for all the ...
Levees around New Orleans prove reliable
Seven years ago, the Army Corps of Engineers was desperately trying to plug breaches in the city's broken and busted levee system. Since those ...
Isaac weakens to a tropical depression over La.
Isaac has weakened to a tropical depression after drenching southeast Louisiana and causing flooding. Isaac's maximum sustained winds decreased to ...