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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially motivated shooting spree in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month says he has no ill-will toward black people and counts several of them among his friends....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik shed tears as he went on trial for killing 77 people - but not for his victims. The emotional display came when prosecutors showed his anti-Muslim video....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- An Islamist group that is competing with Tuareg nationalists for control of northern Mali is stepping up efforts to provide law and order as it tries to gain recruits and the support of local residents....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- China and the Philippines say they won't escalate their weeklong maritime standoff over an uninhabited shoal in the disputed South China Sea, but each still appeared to be waiting for the other side to give up Tuesday....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An assassin on Sunday shot dead a former high-ranking Taliban official working on reconciling Afghanistan's insurgency with the government, a fresh blow to peace efforts on the day Kabul announced it was gradually taking the lead from the U.S.-led coalition for providing security in much of the country....

BOSTON (AP) -- Don't look for a vice presidential shocker from Mitt Romney. His choice of a running-mate - a search he announced Monday he has begun - will be guided by both his methodical, risk-averse corporate training and the lessons his party learned from Sarah Palin's selection....

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Mitt Romney says Florida. Sen. Marco Rubio is being "thoroughly vetted" for vice president....

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that his campaign is "thoroughly vetting" Marco Rubio as it searches for a running mate despite reports that the Florida senator is not being considered....

BOSTON (AP) -- Don't look for a vice presidential shocker from Mitt Romney. His choice of a running-mate - a search he announced Monday he has begun - will be guided by both his methodical, risk-averse corporate training and the lessons his party learned from Sarah Palin's selection....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions....

BOSTON (AP) -- Don't look for a vice presidential shocker from Mitt Romney. His choice of a running-mate - a search he announced Monday he has begun - will be guided by both his methodical, risk-averse corporate training and the lessons his party learned from Sarah Palin's selection....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans' taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans' taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism Monday for revealing the New York Police Department's widespread spying on Muslims, while The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., and a 24-year-old reporter captured the award for local reporting for breaking the Penn State scandal that ultimately brought down Joe Paterno....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. military officer said Monday the nation's military leadership is embarrassed by allegations of misconduct against at least 10 U.S. military members at a Colombia hotel on the eve of President Barack Obama's visit over the weekend....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. military officer said Monday the nation's military leadership is embarrassed by allegations of misconduct against at least 10 U.S. military members at a Colombia hotel on the eve of President Barack Obama's visit over the weekend....

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Forecasters who issued dire warnings ahead of last weekend's tornado outbreak in the Midwest deemed the effort a success Monday, largely because dozens of tornadoes hit yet caused only a handful of deaths. But they expressed concern about future public complacency....

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Forecasters who issued dire warnings ahead of last weekend's tornado outbreak in the Midwest deemed the effort a success Monday, largely because dozens of tornadoes hit yet caused only a handful of deaths. But they expressed concern about future public complacency....