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Suspected rebels kill 17, wound 24 in east India

NEW DELHI – Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India’s ruling Congress party in eastern India, ...

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Roadside bomb kills two Yemeni soldiers SANAA, Yemen – Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intell...

Quick! Your money or your weight?

Many would forfeit $1,000 rather than gain 20 pounds

After vote on gay Boy Scouts, turmoil persists

The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Dismayed conservatives already are looking at alterna...

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Feds look for temporary fix after bridge collapse MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collaps...

Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout

NEW YORK – This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places such as nearby campgrounds. The good n...

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 at first glance to be a step toward ending t...

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 its trademark immigration patrols, marking the firs...

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, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing ...

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 attacked an international aid group’s compound on Friday, killing two ...

Natural disasters hit Okla. all too frequently

WASHINGTON – Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74t...

After attack, Britain worries about copycats

LONDON – Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the brutal slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving famil...