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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's specialty-license-plate program has raised roughly $250 million for a variety of popular causes, from promoting the arts to preserving Lake Tahoe. Yet there is virtually no independent oversight of how organizations spend the money.

Groups participating in the program must report annually to the state Department ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's specialty-license-plate program has raised roughly $250 million for a variety of popular causes, from promoting the arts to preserving Lake Tahoe. Yet there is virtually no independent oversight of how organizations spend the money.

Groups participating in the program must report annually to the state Department ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant operated for three decades with equipment that might have temporarily cut off the plant's emergency power supply in the event of an earthquake, government filings revealed Tuesday....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant operated for three decades with equipment that might have temporarily cut off the plant's emergency power supply in the event of an earthquake, government filings revealed Tuesday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pedro Hernandez has confessed to killing the 6-year-old boy at the heart of one of the nation's most prominent missing-child cases, police say. And he has schizophrenia and a history of hallucinations, his lawyer says....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pedro Hernandez has confessed to killing the 6-year-old boy at the heart of one of the nation's most prominent missing-child cases, police say. And he has schizophrenia and a history of hallucinations, his lawyer says....

The midair collision of two small planes about 50 miles from Washington is under investigation by Canadian officials because one plane was owned by an FAA employee and the other by an NTSB employee, federal officials said Tuesday.

ATLANTA — Maryland is one of another eight states gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday.

The Education Department also has approved waivers for Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island. Eighteen other states and Washington, D.C., ...

ATLANTA — Maryland is one of another eight states gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday.

The Education Department also has approved waivers for Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island. Eighteen other states and Washington, D.C., ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised about $31 million since he took office 17 months ago, including a remarkable $5.9 million in the last five weeks reported to Wisconsin regulators Tuesday....

The unique saw-like chew of a New Zealand reptile could be the secret of its success, say scientists.

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career....

SAN FELICE SUL PANARO, Italy (AP) -- Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck, collapsing the roof....

SAN FELICE SUL PANARO, Italy (AP) -- Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck, collapsing the roof....

SAN FELICE SUL PANARO, Italy (AP) -- Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck, collapsing the roof....

MOSCOW (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to Russia said Wednesday that he was surprised by the Russian Foreign Ministry's criticism of his remarks at a meeting with students last week and the Ministry's interpretation that he had suggested Russia tried to bribe Kyrgyzstan....

MOSCOW (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to Russia said Wednesday that he was surprised by the Russian Foreign Ministry's criticism of his remarks at a meeting with students last week and the Ministry's interpretation that he had suggested Russia tried to bribe Kyrgyzstan....

MOSCOW (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to Russia said Wednesday that he was surprised by the Russian Foreign Ministry's criticism of his remarks at a meeting with students last week and the Ministry's interpretation that he had suggested Russia tried to bribe Kyrgyzstan....