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BEIRUT (AP) -- The swaggering gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villages, sometimes after regular military troops have pulled back....

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The SpaceX Dragon supply ship returned to Earth on Thursday, ending its revolutionary nine-day voyage to the International Space Station with an old-fashioned splashdown in the Pacific....

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The SpaceX Dragon supply ship returned to Earth on Thursday, ending its revolutionary nine-day voyage to the International Space Station with an old-fashioned splashdown in the Pacific....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women's votes....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women's votes....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House played political hardball with drug industry honchos to get a 2009 deal that helped keep health care overhaul legislation from bogging down in Congress, according to internal emails released Thursday by House Republicans....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House played political hardball with drug industry honchos to get a 2009 deal that helped keep health care overhaul legislation from bogging down in Congress, according to internal emails released Thursday by House Republicans....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Jurors have reached a verdict in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Jurors have reached a verdict in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large servings of soda and other sugary drinks in the city's restaurants, delis and movie theaters in one of his most aggressive efforts yet to fight obesity....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large servings of soda and other sugary drinks in the city's restaurants, delis and movie theaters in one of his most aggressive efforts yet to fight obesity....

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is assailing President Barack Obama's green energy record, standing outside the shuttered offices of a solar energy company that went bankrupt after receiving government loans....

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is assailing President Barack Obama's green energy record, standing outside the shuttered offices of a solar energy company that went bankrupt after receiving government loans....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant....

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected of mailing body parts to the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled North America, police said Thursday....

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected of mailing body parts to the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled North America, police said Thursday....

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The setup of the 17-country euro currency union is unsustainable, the head of the European Central Bank has told EU leaders, warning they must quickly come up with a broad vision for the future to get the bloc through the current financial crisis....

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The setup of the 17-country euro currency union is unsustainable, the head of the European Central Bank has told EU leaders, warning they must quickly come up with a broad vision for the future to get the bloc through the current financial crisis....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Archdiocese of Milwaukee and a former priest who received money to leave the ministry following allegations of sexual abuse say the payment was a form of charity meant to help men transition to a new life following the priesthood....