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Assad says Syrians support his reform efforts
Syrian President Bashar Assad has told a Russian state news channel that his country supports his reform agenda. He says recent parliamentary ...
AP: Killer of 3 says he considers requesting death
A man on Connecticut's death row for the murder of a suburban mother and her two daughters says he believes the only way he will be put to death is ...
Lennon's killer transferred to another NY prison
John Lennon's killer has been transferred to another maximum-security state prison in western New York after spending more than 30 years in Attica ...
Manhunt under way for groom of slain bride in Ill.
A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was ...
Progress for Chinese activist's bid to study in US
A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport application and ...
War crimes judges hear Taylor's sentencing pleas
Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor told judges at his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he sympathizes with victims ...
Arafat's former aide faces embezzlement charges
The shadowy financial adviser of the late Yasser Arafat is being sought on suspicion he stole millions of dollars in public funds, the top Palestinian ...
Deputies: Fla. mom killed 4 kids, then herself
In the middle of the night, Tonya Thomas' neighbors awoke to the sound of a gunshot and moments later heard a knock on their door. Three of Thomas' ...
Records detail George Zimmerman's medical injuries
Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of ...
Police confirm missing Tucson girl was abducted
Police investigating the abduction of 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis have scoured her Tucson, Ariz., home, interviewed more than 500 sex offenders ...
South African police seize 10 rhino horn
Police officers tipped off by an anonymous informer forced their way into a Johannesburg apartment where they found 10 rhinoceros horns and an ...
2 dead in Bogota bombing targeting former minister
A midday bombing that killed two bodyguards of an archconservative former interior minister and injured at least 39 people in a busy commercial ...
Medical marijuana supporter wins Oregon AG primary
A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has defeated a former federal prosecutor in a Democratic primary race for attorney general that ...
Drummer for Denver-based OneRepublic arrested
Denver police say they've arrested the drummer of Denver-based band OneRepublic on suspicion of assault, destruction of private property and ...
Conn. accident shows dangers of distracted driving
A teenage driver is under arrest after authorities said the distraction of a handheld cellphone caused her to fatally hit a jogger, whose father ...
Legion admits it knew of priest's kid, did nothing
The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a pedophile, admitted Wednesday that it knew that its ...
New effort filed to free OJ from Nevada prison
A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison, alleging the former football star was so badly ...
Wash. jury takes its time in Powell voyeurism case
A jury handling the voyeurism case against a missing Utah woman's father-in-law struggled to reach a verdict Tuesday, breaking for the day without a ...
EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center
European Union naval forces in attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia. A pirate said the strike ...
Ex-Mexican official pleads guilty to aiding cartel
A former Mexican law enforcement official who worked closely with U.S. authorities in the drug war pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in San ...
APNewsBreak: Seattle police object to DOJ proposal
The Seattle Police Department is objecting to reforms proposed by the Justice Department as wildly unrealistic and expensive, according to documents ...
NCIS: $2M in stolen military property recovered
Military authorities recovered about $1.8 million in stolen property as part of an ongoing investigation that so far involves almost 70 civilians and ...
Marijuana DUI standard dies a 3rd time in CO
A marijuana blood limit for drivers was rejected Tuesday for a third time in Colorado, as lawmakers from both parties argued about how to fairly gauge ...
Accuser tells tale of 2 wives at Clemens trial
Amid his year-by-year narrative of his complex relationship with Roger Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs, Brian McNamee weaved in a tale of two ...