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BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court....

BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court....

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The history-making Dragon spacecraft is back on Earth....

McGREGOR, Texas (AP) -- Marred by just a few scorch marks from its re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere, the world's first commercial supply spacecraft to visit the International Space Station weathered its maiden voyage well, NASA and SpaceX officials said Wednesday....

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The politician who led Lesotho for the last 14 years will now be leading the opposition after his party failed to win a majority in parliament in weekend elections in this mountainous southern African country....

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The politician who led Lesotho for the last 14 years will now be leading the opposition after his party failed to win a majority in parliament in weekend elections in this mountainous southern African country....

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Residents of Bosnia-Herzegovina are wearing white armbands to honor 3,000 non-Serbs who died in a northwest Bosnian city during the country's 1992-95 war....

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Residents of Bosnia-Herzegovina are wearing white armbands to honor 3,000 non-Serbs who died in a northwest Bosnian city during the country's 1992-95 war....

MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....

MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....

MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....

MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity - he's a bespectacled 43-year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity - he's a bespectacled 43-year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive vice president on Thursday asked judges in his terror trial to summon the nation's president as a defense witness....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive vice president on Thursday asked judges in his terror trial to summon the nation's president as a defense witness....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A private intelligence firm says the Somali militant group al-Shabab has threatened to bring down Kenya's skyscrapers within two weeks, a warning that followed a bomb attack in Nairobi's city center....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A private intelligence firm says the Somali militant group al-Shabab has threatened to bring down Kenya's skyscrapers within two weeks, a warning that followed a bomb attack in Nairobi's city center....

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The rights group Global Witness shows in a new report how an ex-general in the Congolese army, who recently defected and is believed to be behind Congo's newest armed conflict, amassed a war chest by controlling mines in the country's mineral-rich east....

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The rights group Global Witness shows in a new report how an ex-general in the Congolese army, who recently defected and is believed to be behind Congo's newest armed conflict, amassed a war chest by controlling mines in the country's mineral-rich east....