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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The police chief and prosecutor who have been bitterly criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager both left the case Thursday, with the chief saying that he is temporarily leaving his job to let passions cool....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The first call before a black teenager was fatally shot in Florida's Retreat at Twin Lakes Townhomes came from 28-year-old George Zimmerman, a white neighborhood watch captain who wanted to report a suspicious man walking through the gated community....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The first call before a black teenager was fatally shot in Florida's Retreat at Twin Lakes Townhomes came from 28-year-old George Zimmerman, a white neighborhood watch captain who wanted to report a suspicious man walking through the gated community....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela looking haggard but expressing optimism he will survive after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela looking haggard but expressing optimism he will survive after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez led an energetic homecoming celebration on Saturday, rallying thousands of supporters from a balcony of the presidential palace after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery....

LAKE TAPPS, Wash. (AP) -- Neighbors of a Washington state man accused of gunning down 16 Afghan women and children in a nighttime rampage describe him as a family man who was "just one of the guys."...

LAKE TAPPS, Wash. (AP) -- Neighbors of a Washington state man accused of gunning down 16 Afghan women and children in a nighttime rampage describe him as a family man, playing with his two kids outside his home....

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor started voting for a new president Saturday, putting to test the young nation's political stability ahead of the departure of U.N. troops later this year....

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor started voting for a new president Saturday, putting to test the young nation's political stability ahead of the departure of U.N. troops later this year....

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor started voting for a new president Saturday, putting to test the young nation's political stability ahead of the departure of U.N. troops later this year....

After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the U.S. soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was identified Friday as a Washington father of two who underwent anger management counseling a decade ago after an arrest for assault on a girlfriend....

After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the U.S. soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was identified Friday as a Washington father of two who underwent anger management counseling a decade ago after an arrest for assault on a girlfriend....

BEIJING (AP) -- China has expressed its concern about North Korea's plan to launch a satellite into space, saying all parties should avoid escalating tensions in the region....

BEIJING (AP) -- China has expressed its concern about North Korea's plan to launch a satellite into space, saying all parties should avoid escalating tensions in the region....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A co-founder of the group behind a viral video about a brutal African warlord was detained by police and hospitalized after witnesses saw him running through streets in his underwear, screaming and banging his fists on the pavement....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home Friday nearly three weeks after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, saying he is praying for life and is confident he will survive and triumph in his re-election bid....

CHICAGO (AP) -- An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum is offering a tongue-in-cheek apology to anyone who has seen the recent snapshot of him sunbathing poolside at a resort in Puerto Rico....