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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- A military judge said Tuesday that she wants to see several federal agencies' assessments of the damage caused by WikiLeaks' publication of government secrets....

WASHINGTON — A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.

John Clifford, the department's chief veterinary officer, said the cow from central California ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Justice Department, citing "insurmountable legal and evidentiary barriers," won't reopen its investigation into the deadly 1970 shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University.

Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez discussed the obstacles in a letter to Alan Canfora, a wounded ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has approved a land-swap settlement of a lawsuit over a remote site in the Mojave National Preserve where war memorial crosses have been erected for decades.

The settlement, announced Tuesday, calls for the site at Sunrise Rock to be turned over to a ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson's family members resumed Tuesday with the Oscar-winner shutting her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members....

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department, citing "insurmountable legal and evidentiary barriers," won't reopen its investigation into the deadly 1970 shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron goes as planned....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The aide who helped John Edwards hide his pregnant mistress says the former presidential candidate directed him to seek money from rich friends to provide the woman a monthly allowance....

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- An armored car guard accused of killing his partner in Pittsburgh and making off with more than $2 million was arrested in Florida on Tuesday after nearly two months on the run when someone called Pittsburgh police to report his whereabouts, authorities said....

NEW ORLEANS — A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages that said the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil leaking was far more than what the company reported, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

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McKINNEY, Texas (AP) -- Police have arrested Deion Sanders' estranged wife on an assault charge that the Hall of Fame cornerback claims was for breaking into his room and attacking him in front of their children....

SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri teenager accused of pouring gasoline on a 10-year-old and setting the child on fire has been charged with first-degree assault.

Seventeen-year-old Joseph D. Gardner was charged Monday in Andrew County Court. The St. Joseph News-Press reported that the 10-year-old child suffered first- and second-degree ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole....

cnet.com: Wireless providers side with cops over users on location privacy by Declan McCullagh:

The trade association representing AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint opposes a California proposal for search warrants to track mobile devices, claiming it will cause "confusion."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial is imposing a time limit on all future witnesses in an effort to speed things up....

SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri teenager accused of pouring gasoline on a 10-year-old and setting the child on fire has been charged with first-degree assault....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seems troubled at letting a lawsuit move forward that attempts to shut down a new tribal casino in southwestern Michigan....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A jury deliberating whether John Edwards broke campaign finance laws made a request for evidence and office supplies Friday, suggesting they are settling in for detailed talks about the money from wealthy donors that was used to hide the candidate's pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House bid....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next....