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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- It's been a tough year for moose in the Anchorage area....

LONDON (AP) -- One sports an unruly blond mop, spouts Latin aphorisms and loves to ride his bicycle. The other is a neat, newt-loving socialist who prefers to travel by subway. Their contest is an Olympic-size grudge match. Meet Boris and Ken - hometown celebrities known universally by their first names. When the 2012 London Games open on July 27, one of them will stand before billions of television viewers as mayor of the host city....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- FBI agents descended on an island off Alaska after two Coast Guard members were found shot to death at work in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide....

DETROIT (AP) -- A city infamous for its unemployment, decay, crime and population loss would seem an odd place for an upscale natural and organic grocery chain to plant roots, but yuppie favorite Whole Foods is taking a gamble on the Motor City....

DETROIT (AP) -- A city infamous for its unemployment, decay, crime and population loss would seem an odd place for an upscale natural and organic grocery chain to plant roots, but yuppie favorite Whole Foods is taking a gamble on the Motor City....

DETROIT (AP) -- A city infamous for its unemployment, decay, crime and population loss would seem an odd place for an upscale natural and organic grocery chain to plant roots, but yuppie favorite Whole Foods is taking a gamble on the Motor City....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's supporters fought for weeks to win an arrest after the 17-year-old was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida. Now George Zimmerman's attorney has begun what could be a lengthy legal battle to free his client from the second-degree murder charge filed in the case....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's widely condemned rocket splintered into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff Friday, an embarrassing end to a launch that Pyongyang had infused with national pride during a week of high-level political meetings and celebrations....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- After the death of their spiritual leader, more than 2,000 Egyptian Copts have poured into the Holy Land for the Easter holidays, defying a ban he imposed on visiting Jerusalem and other Israeli-controlled areas....

SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas (AP) -- Krystle Tanner and her mother, Gloria Walker, for years had successfully concealed the true identity of the boy that authorities say they kidnapped from Houston in 2004 when he was just 8 months old....

SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas (AP) -- Krystle Tanner and her mother, Gloria Walker, for years had successfully concealed the true identity of the boy that authorities say they kidnapped from Houston in 2004 when he was just 8 months old....

CAIRO (AP) -- It was a simple gesture: About a decade ago, Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, took a pen as a present to Egypt's most famous novelist and Nobel laureate on his 92nd birthday....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- After the death of their spiritual leader, more than 2,000 Egyptian Copts have poured into the Holy Land for the Easter holidays, defying a ban he imposed on visiting Jerusalem and other Israeli-controlled areas....

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- Large flames shot late Thursday night from a Modesto apartment building where a suspect is believed holed up following the shooting deaths of a deputy and a civilian....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in an embarrassing failure Friday, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff....

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- A man opened fire on police during a drug bust Thursday night, killing a New Hampshire police chief just days from retirement and injuring four officers from other departments. Early Friday, the shooter remained holed up in the home with a woman, police said....

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker was treated and released from the hospital Thursday night after suffering from smoke inhalation while helping to rescue his neighbors from a fire....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure early Friday, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff....

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- A man opened fire on police as they entered a New Hampshire home during a drug bust Thursday night, killing one officer and injuring four others. Near midnight, the shooter remained holed up in the barricaded home with a woman, police said....