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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's government extended the powers of military police and intelligence agents on Wednesday to allow them to arrest civilians for a wide range of offenses, just days before the runoff for a president who will replace the country's military rulers as head of state....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- The lawyers set to argue the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case are in court to complete jury selection....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Filtering the sun's light to a minuscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers over the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth's closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is....

LONDON (AP) -- Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers - from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A guard held hostage at a South Carolina high security prison was rescued early Wednesday after a standoff of more than six hours, a corrections department spokesman said....

HAVANA (AP) -- Many people would be leery of cycling through chaotic downtown Havana, sharing its narrow, potholed streets with the darting scooters, incorrigible jaywalkers and hulking 1950s Detroit classics that clog every byway....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beer....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker, fresh from becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election, wants to go about mending Wisconsin's political divide in an egalitarian way: over brats and beer....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday her activities on a recent trip to Thailand gave no cause for anyone to be unhappy, dismissing speculation her high-profile visit annoyed the government....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Decisive victories for ballot proposals cutting retirement benefits for government workers in two of the largest cities in the U.S. emboldened advocates seeking to curb pensions in state capitols and city halls across the nation....

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- A California city that has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing if officials are unable to broker a deal with the city's creditors....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Commission is proposing a system of centralized banking regulations it says will ensure that taxpayers won't have to bail out collapsing banks....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Filtering the sun's light to a miniscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers over the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth's closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A guard held hostage at a South Carolina high security prison was rescued early Wednesday after a standoff of more than 6 hours, a corrections department spokesman said....

VIENNA (AP) -- Israel is accusing Iran of working secretly on nuclear weapons under a strategy of "deception, defiance and concealment."...

TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga....

LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) -- Something strange is happening in this remote tourist haven. In notoriously anti-government Nevada, residents in Laughlin are clamoring for more bureaucracy....