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Kurt Nimmo | International force sponsored by military industrial complex conducts rescue of Miami mayor.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa.

A 50-page indictment alleges a ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004....

CNN | 'The alleged poison was a type of spray, official says.'

CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said Thursday he is 100 percent confident that leaving his post in Chicago after 11 years is the right decision, but he's not sure what his future holds....

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- The kidnap-rape conviction of a once-promising prep football star was dismissed Thursday following a recantation by his accuser....

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- The kidnap-rape conviction of a once-promising prep football star was dismissed Thursday following a recantation by his accuser....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week....

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its initial outlook for the six-month ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday....

Popehat | Protecting freedom of expression, and condemning its enemies, benefits everyone — conservatives, liberals, and so forth.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking....

Steve Watson | FBI unit to spy on all communications, including skype conversations.

guardian.co.uk | Mere 22% of respondents say that Britain would be better off without the monarchy.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say....

RT | Six fire crew members were injured while trying to quell a massive blaze that engulfed the nuclear-powered submarine USS Miami.

CBSDC: Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones:

With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.

Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level terror leaders and are also being used along the U.S.-Mexico border in the battle against illegal immigration. But now, these drones are starting to be used domestically at an increasing rate.

The Week | New app 'can give users real-time updates on which nightspots are full of women, or men, and how old or young the crowd is.'