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WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States, which is set to provide food aid in return....

Four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline is no worry for T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire energy investor from Texas. He drives from his home to his office in a car that runs on fuel costing less than a dollar a gallon

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple's big gains in the market through its Macs and iPads....

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was ordered Wednesday to be committed to a psychiatric hospital for 60 years....

HAVANA (AP) -- Angela Castro, the eldest sister of Cuban revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, has died following a long illness, another sibling who lives in exile confirmed Wednesday....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate on Wednesday passed a diluted version of a statewide ban on smoking in public places in hopes that lawmakers can forge a stronger ban in a conference committee with House lawmakers, who have passed a more restrictive version of the bill.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for the Nebraska seat he once held, reversing course just weeks after publicly opting out of the race....

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Pentagon has mothballed a laser-equipped missile defense aircraft after more than 15 years of development....

Davy Jones, whose charming grin and British accent won the hearts of millions of fans on the 1960s television series "The Monkees," died Wednesday, according to the Martin County, Florida, sheriff's office. He was 66.

CAIRO (AP) -- A former Egyptian jihadist returned home on Wednesday saying he wanted to clear a case of mistaken identity that confused him with a senior al-Qaida leader sought by the United States. Washington confirmed that Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi is not the wanted Saif al-Adel....

Media owner Rupert Murdoch meets First Minister Alex Salmond in Edinburgh, discussing investment, independence and the Leveson Inquiry.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Defense Department for failing to create a searchable database of medals recipients, a potential solution to identifying and prosecuting people who falsely claim to have received the honors....

LONDON (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II's busy summer calendar just got a bit more crowded....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- An assistant football coach who chased a teenage gunman from a school cafeteria shrugged off talk of being a hero Thursday and assured parents that he was with their mortally wounded children and wiped their tears amid the attack that killed three students and wounded two....

People along the Tyneside coast are treated to a light show designed to herald the London 2012 Olympics.

PARIS (AP) -- General Motors and France's PSA Peugeot Citroen, both struggling in Europe, on Wednesday unveiled the details of a strategic alliance that will see the U.S. auto giant take a small stake in Europe's No. 2 carmaker....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama hosted low-key White House talks with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday, with no pressing deadlines, feuds or crises, in what was described as an effort to find potential areas of legislative bipartisanship....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama hosted low-key White House talks with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday, with no pressing deadlines, feuds or crises, in what was described as an effort to find potential areas of legislative bipartisanship....

Former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil says that James Murdoch, who has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, has ''made a bit of a mess of the hacking thing''.

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....