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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Move over Ohio and Florida. Virginia is becoming the hottest new battleground in this year's race for the White House....

Companies claim automated phone-answering systems save them millions. I have my doubts.

What has Heathrow been told to stop doing?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal agency needs illusionist David Copperfield to help escape from criticism over now-canceled plans to hire a magician to train agency leaders using "magic tools."...

Welsh Labour says it is confident of taking a "leap forward" after polling stations closed in elections for all but one of Wales' local councils.

Queen Elizabeth II is probably the best-travelled monarch ever. She has officially visited 116 countries - but not Greece.

James Grant on how to get bankers to take more responsible risks.

The Obama administration refused to defend me against the lawsuit filed for José Padilla. Now even the liberal Ninth Circuit agrees the suit was frivolous.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Dozens of Somali journalists met Thursday in somber silence to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, a meeting that came only hours after the killing of the fifth Somali journalist this year....

The threat to arbitration in settling financial disputes.

Dave Duerson made it easy to understand why he ended his tortured life....

Why aren't Democrats running against Scott Walker's union reforms?

Labour leader Ed Miliband says his party are winning back voters' trust, as they gain more than 800 seats in the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland.

California groups that support parental rights and therapies to help people escape unwanted same-sex attractions are fighting a first-of-its-kind California bill that would ban such sessions for teens and children, and discourage them for adults.

SB 1172, which opponents say is a denial of freedom and family rights, already has ...

PORTLAND, ORE. — The Obama administration is buying into an ambitious health care initiative in Oregon, announcing Thursday it has tentatively agreed to chip in $1.9 billion over five years to help get the program off the ground.

Oregon hopes to prove states can save billions on Medicaid without sacrificing ...

The campaign to improve hand hygiene in hospitals in England and Wales contributed to a significant fall in the rates of superbug infections, says a report.

CHICAGO — The stage seemed set for an epic showdown: G-8 and NATO leaders planned to hold back-to-back summits in Chicago that activists predicted could draw tens of thousands of people protesting everything from war in Central Asia to unemployment and education cuts at home.

But at the last minute, ...

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ATLANTA — A plot by three workers at Atlanta's airport to smuggle a bag filled with heroin and methamphetamine into the U.S. was foiled when the baggage ended up on an unclaimed luggage carousel, prosecutors said Thursday.

The workers were charged conspiring to smuggle more than $500,000 worth of ...

GILBERT, Ariz. | Police said Thursday that they think a former Marine with ties to neo-Nazi and Minutemen groups shot four people and then took his own life in a suburban Phoenix home.

Police believe Jason Todd Ready, 39, was the gunman in Wednesday's shootings in a home in Gilbert, ...

Head teachers are being urged to report back on Ofsted inspectors to ensure inspections are carried out constructively and impartially.