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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The widow and mother-in-law of a Pakistani man killed by a CIA contractor last year were murdered Monday, allegedly by the widow's father who may have feared she would remarry and take the "blood money" she received with her, police said....

Keele University has become the first English university to join the Common Application system for university applications in the United States.

GAUHATI, India (AP) -- A packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India late Monday, leaving at least 35 people dead and 165 others feared missing, police said....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Palestinian rights group said Monday that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions....

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) -- The wife of a yachtsman killed with two others during a race between California and Mexico says her husband was a veteran sailor and the destruction of their boat is a mystery....

LONDON (AP) -- Elections in Greece renewed uncertainty over Europe's debt crisis, causing a massive drop on the Athens exchange, though losses elsewhere were trimmed as investors regained their poise and Spain announced it will help its banks....

One World Trade Center, under construction at the site of the 9/11 attacks, becomes the tallest building in New York.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Reeling from a vicious financial crisis that has cost them pensions and jobs, Greeks have been turning away in droves from the mainstream politicians they feel have let them down. Another political force is trying to tap the void, with blunt promises to "clean up" the country....

FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Tom Booker had made the walk to a nearby store countless times. He wanted cigarettes, candy, maybe a can of beer. On his way home around midnight, a motorist asked him to help open a stubborn hood on a Chevy Blazer....

Roland Martin says the Republican-led effort to adopt Voter ID laws is a campaign to clearly target voters who are not traditional GOP voters

An Obama campaign ad has Democrats and Republicans arguing over whether the incumbent's campaign is honoring or politicizing the one-year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says it's been three years since the U.S. Senate passed a budget, an abdication of leadership by the president and the Democrats.

The refusal of Prime Minister David Cameron to order an inquiry into the conduct of his culture secretary demonstrates that he is "incapable of doing his duty", Labour leader Ed Miliband has alleged.

A man tells a jury how he strangled his neighbour with a TV flex after he flew into a rage following unwanted sexual attention.

GAUHATI, India (AP) -- A packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India late Monday, leaving at least 35 people dead and 165 others feared missing, police said....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The husband of one of the seven victims who died when their SUV plunged down a New York City ravine says he's having a hard time thinking or even feeling....

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using wealthy donors' money to do it.

Testifying at Edwards' campaign corruption trial, Cheri ...

Animal rights activists storm a dog breeding facility in Italy and free dozens of puppies.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say the public will soon be able to read some of Osama bin Laden's last written or typed words - made available by the U.S. Army's Combating Terrorism Center at West Point military academy this week....

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials are clearing the way for the return of five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures last fall and then committed suicide.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced the decision Monday at an agency hearing in which the state ...