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Patrick Henningsen and Shawn Helton | If there was ever a murder scene surrounded by numerous shady circumstances, this is it.

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands....

AP | Study: "...birth defects were more common if treatment included injecting a single sperm into an egg, which is done in many cases these days..."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election team plans to spend $25 million on advertising this month, a dramatic escalation of its media presence in a handful of states that could determine the outcome on Nov. 6....

HealthDay | Study shows more pre-teens get vaccines when middle schools require them to.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Homicide detectives investigating a slaying at Churchill Downs just hours after the Kentucky Derby say they have no suspects but stressed the death had nothing to do with the iconic horse race....

Fox News | General Jack Keane: "We had the target in the summer of 2010...it took until the following May to execute the mission."

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- He's too good, and that's too bad....

NEW YORK (AP) -- (at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not....

U.S. News | Ron Paul proves himself to be a formidable opponent in the race to be GOP nominee.

Kurt Nimmo | Legislation is supported by the Conservative majority and will likely become law.

WHITEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man accused of abducting a mother and her three daughters was a family friend described as being like an uncle to the girls....

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 suicide kits was sentenced Monday for failing to file federal tax returns.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernard Skomal ordered Sharlotte Hydorn to serve five years of supervised probation and pay a fine of $1,000. She could have faced a year in ...

NY Times | Putin reclaims Russian presidency.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a crippling wave of budget cuts come January....

Examiner.com | Mexican government blasts U.S. government for "failing to prosecute" Jesus Mesa, Border Patrol agent who admittedly shot a15-year-old illegal alien.

DBKP | Sinaloa Cartel boss warns "more heads will roll."

A.M. Freyed
 | Shades of old-fashioned colonialism.

WHITEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man accused of abducting a mother and her three daughters has been described as being like an uncle to the girls.

Now Adam Mayes, 35, is the subject of an Amber Alert and faces charges in the disappearance of Jo Ann Bain and her daughters: ...

independent.co.uk | France will be waking up today to its first Socialist President for 17 years