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PARIS (AP) -- A hairpin belonging to 16th century French Queen Catherine de Medici has been discovered at a royal residence outside Paris. And what's left conservators scratching their heads is where it was found: a communal toilet....

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Wildfires across the West drove hundreds of people from their homes from California to Colorado, where nuns living in a monastery and Boy Scouts at camp were among those forced to flee ahead of the flames....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia launched a desperate bid Tuesday to save nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran from collapse and lessen the chances of a Middle East conflict that could draw in the United States....

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Kurdish rebels attacked Turkish military units with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades Tuesday in southeastern Turkey, sparking clashes that killed 10 rebels and eight soldiers, authorities said. The attack drew a strong condemnation from Turkey's leader....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start over" if the system is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start over" if the system is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start over" if the system is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start over" if the system is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A witness called by Jerry Sandusky's defense says one of his accusers has a reputation for dishonesty and has "embellished stories."...

One of the biggest misconceptions about President Obama's health care overhaul isn't who the law will cover, but rather who it won't....

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student who was convicted of bias for using a webcam to see his roommate and another man kissing was released from jail Tuesday after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence....

American children do much better identifying the correct answers to simple scientific tasks than using evidence from their experiments to explain those answers....

American children do much better identifying the correct answers to simple scientific tasks than using evidence from their experiments to explain those answers....

American children do much better identifying the correct answers to simple scientific tasks than using evidence from their experiments to explain those answers....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's top court dismissed the prime minister for contempt on Tuesday, ushering in a new round of political turmoil in a nation vital to American hopes of withdrawing from Afghanistan....

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- Needing an economic boost, President Barack Obama is trying to land assurances that Europe is closing in on a financial crisis response that will calm the markets and keep the continent's woes from undermining the world. As he presses European leaders to drum up economic demand, they want promises the United States won't plunge off a fiscal cliff by year's end....

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- Needing an economic boost, President Barack Obama is trying to land assurances that Europe is closing in on a financial crisis response that will calm the markets and keep the continent's woes from undermining the world. As he presses European leaders to drum up economic demand, they want promises the United States won't plunge off a fiscal cliff by year's end....

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- The leaders of the world's largest economies will portray themselves as united behind efforts to boost growth and job creation to repair a global economy roiled by fears over the European financial crisis, according to a draft of the statement to be released Tuesday at the end of the Group of 20 annual meeting....

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A shadowy militant group claiming ties to the al-Qaida terror network says it carried out a deadly cross-border attack in Israel....

ROME (AP) -- Leave it to Italians to come up with just the thing to survive the dog days of summer: canine gelato....