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Small brush, big sidewalk

Durango Montessori Elementary School third-grader Ben Stoddard puts a meticulous cleaning to the sidewalks of downtown Durango on Friday morning.…

Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout

A surfer carries his board on the beach Friday in Huntington Beach, Calif. Millions of Americans are expected to hit…

Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism

BEIRUT – Syria’s government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem…

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos

PHOENIX – A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in…

Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it,…

Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed

KABUL, Afghanistan – In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber…

Natural disasters hit Okla. all too frequently

Dawn breaks over the rubble that used to be homes in Moore, Okla. A massive tornado, with winds of up…

After attack, Britain worries about copycats

Lyn Rigby, the mother of slain British soldier Lee Rigby, weeps Friday while her husband reads a statement about Lee’s…

Two arrests made after U.K. jet diverts plane

LONDON – Two men have been arrested after a Royal Air Force fighter jet was forced to escort a civilian…

Truck in Wash. span collapse hauled drilling equipment

A collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge lies in the Skagit River Friday in Mount Vernon, Wash. The collapse…

London suspect was convert

Christian man turned to Islam around 2003

Boy Scouts OK plan to accept openly gay boys

“I was thinking that today could be my last day as a Boy Scout,” said openly gay Boy Scout Pascal…

Obama redefines terror threat, defends drones

Speaking at the National Defense University in Washington, President Barack Obama defended drone strikes as a legal and necessary measure…

Wyden: FracFocus a ‘constructive’ tool on drilling

WASHINGTON – A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a “constructive” tool for federal regulators…

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set

PHOENIX – Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias’ fate couldn’t decide whether she should get life in prison…

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner discusses his policies with a passerby while greeting commuters during a campaign event…

Alabama mystery illness solved: It’s common flu

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the…

Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

LaTisha Garcia carries her 8-year-old daughter, Jazmin Rodriguez, near Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado carved its way…

Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members

The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow gay youth to participate in scouting. The historic vote, with 60…

Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect

This undated image released Thursday by the British Ministry of Defence, shows Lee Rigby known as ‘Riggers’ to his friends,…

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

President Barack Obama reacts as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, Thursday at the National Defense University…