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New Orleans head coach Sean Payton must sit out the 2012 season, while the club will lose two high draft picks and be fined $500,000 for having "bounty" payments.

Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old man described by French authorities as a self-styled al Qaeda jihadist, has been named as the chief suspect in a series of shootings that have left seven people dead.

Ford O'Connell says that popular opinion could take a strong turn against the president if the situation is not rectified by summer

Mitt Romney prepared for another Southern showdown in Saturday's Louisiana primary after a convincing victory in Illinois padded his delegate lead and he received the highly prized endorsement Wednesday of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

A white Mississippi man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in the murder of an African-American man, with the judge calling it a "despicable crime."

Colombian authorities have killed dozens of members of leftist guerrillas in the past day, the nation's defense minister said Wednesday.

The Williams sisters have not had it easy in recent years. Two of the modern era's most successful women tennis players have been beset by health problems which have deprived the game of two of its most marketable stars.

With the average tot aged 2-5 now more able to play video games or downloadable apps than ride a bike or tie their shoelaces, and with three-quarters of all middle and high school-aged kids already owning a cellular handset, how young is too young to give a child a cell phone? Or perhaps the better question is: What are we doing to prepare kids and adults for life in an age of 24/7 connectivity?

Jeff Bellin says Florida's law on self-defense was changed in 2005, and that could be a key factor in the Trayvon Martin case

Nissan Motor Company announced the return of the Datsun brand after 30 years, with plans to introduce a low-cost car in several emerging markets in 2014.

Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of shooting 16 Afghan civilians, is likely to be charged with homicide "and a bunch of other charges" Thursday, his lawyer said.

Mohammed Merah, 23, suspected in seven recent killings, remained holed up Thursday in an apartment in the southern French city of Toulouse, more than 24 hours after hundreds of officers lay siege.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone that splits the Korean Peninsula in two for the first time on Sunday..

Outrage over the killing of an unarmed Florida teenager rippled nationwide, with the teen's parents addressing protesters crowded into New York's Union Square.

A new World Bank study on illegal logging reports that a football field of forest is clear-cut every two seconds around the globe and the problem is now a "global epidemic."

Mexican officials were assessing damage Wednesday, a day after a strong earthquake left homes in ruins and rattled residents hundreds of miles away.

Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein say the U.S.' global educational ranking is nothing to be proud of. Improving it is crucial to our national security and leadership in the world

An actor in the Harry Potter movies was jailed for two years Tuesday for his role in riots that swept London last summer.

In the months after the Florida Legislature approved a new law allowing residents to use deadly force to protect themselves no matter where they were, gun-control advocates plastered the state with warnings to tourists.

Jeffrey Toobin: Trayvon Martin went out for candy and was shot dead. A Florida law means police might not be able to do anything about it.