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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- U.S. authorities ended a more than 70-year-old art drama Wednesday when they returned a 16th century masterpiece to the heirs of a Jewish man after they sought for years to reclaim the painting wrested away during World War II....

VISTA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a body found in Southern California is a Marine's wife who disappeared five days ago....

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- His interrogators usually came in the morning. Peeking under a blindfold in a cold concrete cell, Yonas Fikre says he caught only glimpses of their shoes....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service prostitution scandal grew Monday to include a 12th member of the U.S. military as the Pentagon suspended the security clearances of all the military personnel who have been implicated. The Secret Service has also taken action against 12 of its employees....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The company planning the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the state's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House weighed in sharply Wednesday against a House GOP move to break last summer's budget pact by cutting the annual budgets for nondefense programs funded through annual appropriations bills....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House weighed in sharply Wednesday against a House GOP move to break last summer's budget pact by cutting the annual budgets for nondefense programs funded through annual appropriations bills....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House weighed in sharply Wednesday against a House GOP move to break last summer's budget pact by cutting the annual budgets for nondefense programs funded through annual appropriations bills....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- TITLE: "World View."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- TITLE: "World View."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- TITLE: "World View."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- TITLE: "World View."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- TITLE: "World View."...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting a new platform for sharing his made-in-San Francisco values - a national cable television talk show....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting a new platform for sharing his made-in-San Francisco values - a national cable television talk show....

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan's president threatened Wednesday to topple his rival government to the south, harsh words that could escalate the conflict between the two nations as they intensify clashes over their shared border....

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan's president threatened Wednesday to topple his rival government to the south, harsh words that could escalate the conflict between the two nations as they intensify clashes over their shared border....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service says three employees are out of the agency in the wake of a prostitution scandal in Colombia....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to "foolish decisions" and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans....