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George Zimmerman apologized in court shortly before a Florida judge set a $150,000 bond that will let him get out of jail while he awaits trial in the death of Trayvon Martin.

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik knew it would take practice to be able to slaughter dozens of people before being shot by police. In a chilling account, the far-right fanatic claimed Thursday that he sharpened his aim by playing the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" for hours on end....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wherever Sen. Marco Rubio goes, talk of vice president follows - whether he's inadvertently referring to himself as the second in command or insisting to questioners that he'd rather stay in the Senate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has heard all the talk about joining a ticket with likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wherever Sen. Marco Rubio goes, talk of vice president follows - whether he's inadvertently referring to himself as the second in command or insisting to questioners that he'd rather stay in the Senate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the Secret Service supervisors ousted in the agency's ongoing prostitution scandal joked on Facebook that he was checking out former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as he protected her during the 2008 campaign....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the Secret Service supervisors ousted in the agency's ongoing prostitution scandal joked on Facebook that he was checking out former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as he protected her during the 2008 campaign....

The former speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Alderdice, has been asked to lead a new initiative aimed at resolving parade disputes in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story....

David Cameron is "committed" to House of Lords reform, Downing Street says, despite the prospect of a rebellion by his own MPs.

Olympus shareholders approve the appointment of a new board of directors at an extraordinary general meeting.

Security is tightened in Bahrain in preparation for protests, as Formula 1 cars take to the track for practice sessions ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix.

A couple acquitted of murdering their four-month-old son call for an inquiry into two London hospitals responsible for his care.

Furtive movements under the seat at the time of stop with one occupant opening and closing the glove compartment and another feigning sleep justified a protective sweep of the car. People v Newman, 2012 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2803, 2012 NY Slip Op 2816 (1st Dept. April 17, 2012).*

The trial court held that the defendant lacked standing to contest a search, and defendant did not show that defense counsel was ineffective for not getting to the merits of the search. State v. Jackson, 2012 N.C. App. LEXIS 510 (April 17, 2012).*

A wiretap in New York provided probable cause defendant would be picking up drugs in Tennessee. Defendant had a suspended DL, and the owner also consented to the search. United States v. Prater, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53739 (E.D. Tenn. February 17, 2012).*

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Guinea-Bissau's military leaders said Thursday they had agreed on a candidate to lead a transitional government, though the proposed two-year timeframe for organizing new elections after last week's coup was unlikely to appease the international community....

Singing to fight West's ignorance and rediscover African roots

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- Lawyers for American Honda Motor Co. returned to court Thursday to try to overturn a highly publicized small claims court award to a woman who sued over the fuel economy of her hybrid Honda Civic....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The Navy on Thursday initiated dismissal proceedings against two Marines from a squad that killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005, saying they lied to military investigators after the massacre....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Greg Ham, a member of the Australian band Men at Work whose saxophone and flute punctuated its smash 1980s hits, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday....