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BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) -- With Maryland poised to legalize gay marriage, some conservative opponents and religious leaders are counting on members of their congregations, especially in black churches, to upend the legislation at the polls this fall....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's election result has eased fears of imminent financial disaster for Europe, but the continent's leaders are still searching for a way to contain a debt crisis that threatens the global economy....

Police hunting a robber who targeted an insurance company in the Shawlands area of Glasgow release CCTV footage.

A Philadelphia woman, who allegedly gave illegal buttock-enhancement injections and may be linked to the 2011 death of a British woman, is arrested.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.

The Senate Corrections and Penology Committee on Thursday approved the bill that now goes to the Senate.

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country's news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba....

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming, and they could be even stronger....

Mitt Romney won the Wyoming caucuses as the Republican presidential campaign headed toward next week's Super Tuesday showdown, with one candidate acknowledging Thursday he needs a victory to keep his campaign alive.

Sudan Sudan is to begin the disarmament of rival cattle-herding groups in Jonglei state this week, by force if necessary, the army says.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A woman arrested in connection with an illegal buttocks-enhancement injection that left a patient sickened last month is considered a "person of interest" in the death of a tourist who underwent a similar procedure last year, police said Thursday....

CAIRO (AP) -- A plane carrying seven American pro-democracy workers took off from Cairo airport after sunset Thursday, airport officials said, easing a deep crisis in relations over charges that their groups funded and promoted anti-government protests in Egypt....

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Police Department ignored one of the key lessons of Sept. 11 by not sharing information with New Jersey law enforcement agencies when it conducted secret surveillance of Muslim communities, Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday....

The justice minister tells MLAs he sees no need for changes to the law in the light of the outcome of the UVF supergrass trial.

PARIS (AP) -- Voters in France's overseas territories began casting ballots for Nicolas Sarkozy or Francois Hollande on Saturday in a presidential election that could affect everything from Europe's efforts to fight its debt crisis to how long French troops stay in Afghanistan....

A French court sentences in absentia three ex-members of the radical Palestinian Abu Nidal group to 30 years in jail over a deadly attack on a Greek cruise ship in 1988.

Sheffield Wednesday appoint Dave Jones as their new manager, BBC Radio Sheffield understands.

Two-time champion Kauto Star is rated '50-50' to race in the Cheltenham Gold Cup after falling last week on the gallops.

A judge tells an 84-year-old Greater Manchester man, who was caught with eight wraps of cocaine, only his age has saved him from going to prison.