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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and the Pentagon voiced regrets Wednesday for newly published photographs that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calling them a violation of America's "core values."...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case removed herself Wednesday after the attorney for defendant George Zimmerman argued she had a possible conflict of interest that related to her husband.

Judge Kenneth M. Lester Jr. will preside over the case. The next judge who ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking....

LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio on Wednesday executed a man for fatally stabbing the 15-year-old son of his former employers during a 1985 farmhouse burglary, marking the state's first execution in six months and signaling a possible return to Ohio's status as one of the country's busiest death penalty states....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says the conduct depicted in photos that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan is "reprehensible."...

RED BUD, Ill. (AP) -- A retired southern Illinois couple claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on Wednesday, and said they plan to treat themselves - possibly even to a vacation - once they've sorted out how to invest their windfall....

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Muslim American seeking asylum in Sweden claimed Wednesday he was detained at the U.S. government's request while in the United Arab Emirates last summer, tortured in custody and interrogated about the activities of a Portland mosque....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two senators say for-profit colleges are using too much taxpayer money to recruit students....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is issuing the first-ever standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking....

RED BUD, Ill. (AP) — A retired southern Illinois couple claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on Wednesday and said they plan to treat themselves — possibly even to a vacation — once they've sorted out how to invest their windfall.

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SPRING, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say a 30-year-old woman admitted she shot a young mother and abducted her newborn son in a town near Houston....

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- For wildlife enthusiasts hoping to catch a glimpse of wolves, grizzly bears and bison at Yellowstone National Park, the best place to be on the lookout may soon be a cellphone....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jury selection in the Roger Clemens perjury case is dragging on like a midsummer baseball snoozer that features drawn out at-bats without any action. In this case, the halting, methodical legal process involves hour-long rounds of questions of potential jurors, with no end in sight....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare officials say competitive bidding for power wheelchairs, diabetic supplies and other personal medical equipment is clamping down big-time on waste and fraud. The savings last year - some $200 million....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is getting its turn to delve into a General Services Administration spending scandal. Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee quickly struck a different tone than two House committees, saying they wanted to concentrate on reforming an agency whose officials went on junkets, stayed in hotel luxury suites and threw parties at taxpayer expense....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — After making a $1 million deal to settle allegations that he misused his charity's money and resources, author Greg Mortenson now must face accusations that he fabricated parts of his best-selling books "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools."

A hearing is set for Wednesday ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP and a team of plaintiffs' attorneys have presented a federal judge with the details of a proposed class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in economic damage claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The company and lawyers representing ...

SAN DIEGO — One woman was arrested on suspicion of murder. The body of another was discovered near a lake some 70 miles away.

The connection between them, and just about everything else in the case, remained murky as authorities investigated the disappearance of a U.S. Marine's wife from San ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio on Wednesday executed a man for fatally stabbing the 15-year-old son of his former employers during a 1985 farmhouse burglary, marking the state's first execution in six months.

Forty-nine-year-old Mark Wiles died by lethal injection, ending an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty that occurred ...