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Official: 7 UN staff murdered in Sudan attack

The assault included sustained heavy fire from machine guns and possibly rocket-propelled grenades, targeting the force about 15 miles west…

Islamic extremist supports attacks on Nigerian schools

In a new video released Saturday, Islamic radical Abubakar Shekau said he “fully supports” attacks on several schools in northeastern…

Snowden wants asylum in Russia

Leaker needs help getting to Latin America

Udall foe: Incumbent ‘hasn’t done much’

Sens. Baumgardner, Hill in U.S. Senate race

Deer life cycle baffles tourists

They ask some funny questions; we provide some answers

Planes called an hour before Arizona firefighter deaths

The records from the federal Bureau of Land Management show Arizona officials asked for six heavy air tankers at 4:08…

Shooting suspect raises insanity defense

Public defenders say mental-health issues may have had role in killing

The ‘Fort Lewis Way’

Hiker who fell 300 feet to his death identified

The identification was made by San Juan County Coroner Keri Metzler. The fall occurred Thursday morning about 9 a.m. Scotland…

Lightning sparks 3 blazes

Small fires start on Missionary Ridge

Wedding ring found amid fire ruins

Larry McCracken looks over the ashes of his home in Yarnell, Ariz. Larry and Patti McCracken, married nearly 50 years,…

Hundreds of new charges filed in Ohio kidnap case

Christmas Day 2006, rape. A new 977-count indictment filed Friday provides a numbing look at what prosecutors say was 10…

Penn State’s board authorizes Sandusky settlements

The school won’t be commenting on specifics until the deals have been made final, which could happen in the coming…

Court maintains ‘irresistible employee’ lawfully fired

This undated photo provided by Melissa Nelson shows Melissa with her husband, Steve, and their children in Fort Dodge, Iowa.…

Texas Dems question abortion restrictions

Hallie Boas motions that she was prohibited from bringing gynecological speculums into the Senate Gallery in the State Capitol on…

Pakistani teen shot by Taliban addresses U.N.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, addressed the United Nations on Friday.…

Jury starts deliberating George Zimmerman case

James Evan Muhammad, of the New Black Panther Party, demonstrates in front of the Seminole County Courthouse while the jury…

Stocks surge after Bernanke remarks

Fed in no rush to curtail stimulus, chairman says

House OKs scaled-down farm bill sans food stamps

Republicans faced significant opposition to the plan from Democrats, farm groups and conservative groups that threatened to use the vote…

Dead Russian lawyer Magnitsky found guilty

Whistle-blower died of untreated illness in prison

Hiker dies in fall on Jagged Mountain

“He fell about 300 to 400 feet down a steep face,” said Sheriff Sue Kurtz. The hiker’s identity and age…

Express yourself

Michele Harris helps paint a Dumpster in the parking lot behind North Point Mall with the Dumpster Beautification Project. Local…

Time to hop to it?

Growing for breweries not easy, but possible

House GOP picks a new leader

Domino’s franchisee to lead chamber’s Republicans