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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer led to nationwide protests calling for the shooter's arrest. Trayvon Martin's parents, civil rights leaders and other people are portraying the case as racially charged, saying the shooter, George Zimmerman, would have been arrested had he been black and the victim white....

Demolition has begun on nine houses on part of the Norfolk coastline before they slip into the sea.

Manchester City cut Manchester United's lead at the top of the Premier League to five points with victory over West Brom at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester United's lead at the top of the Premier League is cut to five points after Shaun Moloney's goal earns Wigan a 1-0 win.

A Seattle-based start-up aims to create personalised news streams by scouring the internet for information.

Heathrow Airport may struggle to cope with thousands of extra passengers passing though immigration during the London Olympics, MPs warn.

Wales coach Warren Gatland requires surgery after breaking his heels in an accident while on holiday in New Zealand.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Allen West said he believes 75-plus House Democrats are members of the Communist Party, a claim that echoed Joe McCarthy's unsubstantiated 1950s charges that communists had infiltrated the top ranks of the U.S. government....

Notorious killer Charles Manson, 77, was denied parole Wednesday after a California parole panel "could find nothing good as far as suitability" for his being paroled, a commissioner said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney look to the November election, a new poll from the Pew Research Center finds a sizable share of the public is unsure which side the presidential candidates' political parties take on some of the country's most divisive issues, including the size of the federal government, gay rights and abortion....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney look to the November election, a new poll from the Pew Research Center finds a sizable share of the public is unsure which side the presidential candidates' political parties take on some of the country's most divisive issues, including the size of the federal government, gay rights and abortion....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney look to the November election, a new poll from the Pew Research Center finds a sizable share of the public is unsure which side the presidential candidates' political parties take on some of the country's most divisive issues, including the size of the federal government, gay rights and abortion....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney look to the November election, a new poll from the Pew Research Center finds a sizable share of the public is unsure which side the presidential candidates' political parties take on some of the country's most divisive issues, including the size of the federal government, gay rights and abortion....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney look to the November election, a new poll from the Pew Research Center finds a sizable share of the public is unsure which side the presidential candidates' political parties take on some of the country's most divisive issues, including the size of the federal government, gay rights and abortion....

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president and a historic leader of its bloody independence struggle from France, died at his family home in Algiers on Wednesday. He was 95....

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president and a historic leader of its bloody independence struggle from France, died at his family home in Algiers on Wednesday. He was 95....

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president and a historic leader of its bloody independence struggle from France, died at his family home in Algiers on Wednesday. He was 95....

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- After a day of fierce fighting, troops from South Sudan captured an oil-rich border town that is claimed by Sudan, whose troops withdrew under the onslaught, a Sudanese government minister said Wednesday....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say a mortar round has hit an anti-government demonstration in an eastern Syrian city, killing at least 10 people....

YAUCA DEL ROSARIO, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian miners trapped for six days in an abandoned copper mine prayed and wept during moments of intense anguish, then told each other jokes and even danced to hold onto hope before they finally walked free Wednesday....