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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- When drug baron Christopher "Dudus" Coke ruled her slum neighborhood, Gloria Petgrave and her neighbors felt so protected by the area's criminal benefactor that they never locked their doors....

HOUSTON (AP) -- Long after tiny Miguel Morin disappeared in late 2004, the infant's family still paused to mark the milestones of his life, holding a celebration every year on his birthday and praying for his safe, swift return....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels will be able to choose a replacement for Indiana's ousted top elections official following a state Supreme Court ruling Thursday that found Democrats waited too long to challenge the GOP official's candidacy in 2010....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels will be able to choose a replacement for Indiana's ousted top elections official following a state Supreme Court ruling Thursday that found Democrats waited too long to challenge the GOP official's candidacy in 2010....

The Welsh government issues new advice to women fitted with banned PIP breast implants before 2001.

LARGO, Md. (AP) -- Vigorously defending his policies, President Barack Obama ridiculed critics of renewable energy sources Thursday, calling them naysayers and comparing them to the flat-earthers of yesteryear....

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- An attorney for an Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified information asked a military judge Thursday to dismiss the charges, arguing the government bungled the handover of documents to the defense....

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- An attorney for an Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified information asked a military judge Thursday to dismiss the charges, arguing the government bungled the handover of documents to the defense....

HAVANA (AP) -- A group of 13 Cuban dissidents who have occupied a Havana church for two days are no longer demanding an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits this month, but vowed Thursday to continue their protest....

Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump....

BEIRUT (AP) -- A car bomb exploded Thursday in a Damascus suburb that is home to a popular Shiite Muslim shrine, wounding at least two people, Syria's state-run news agency SANA reported, while activists said regime troops continued shelling rebellious areas in central Homs province....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a new generation of teachers replaces retiring baby boomers, financially strapped states face a quandary - what to do about teacher pensions....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel endured a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies of their loved ones ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel endured a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies of their loved ones ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel endured a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies of their loved ones ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel endured a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies of their loved ones ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel endured a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies of their loved ones ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

One year since the start of the Syria uprising, a montage of some of the key events over the last 12 months

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum says no group has done a better job of promoting American freedom than the National Rifle Association....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum is sticking by earlier questions he posed about former rival Mitt Romney's authenticity, saying the points he made during the primary campaign were legitimate....