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An undercover investigation by the Federal Trade Commission found funeral homes nationwide deceived customers into making purchases they weren't required to make and failed to give up-front pricing to customers.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A woman charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Camp Pendleton Marine's wife left a suicide note before paramedics found her with self-inflicted wounds, authorities said....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A woman charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Camp Pendleton Marine's wife left a suicide note before paramedics found her with self-inflicted wounds, authorities said....

DAYTON, Ohio — Doolittle's Tokyo Raid left a legacy of bravery that, even 70 years later, continues to inspire.

Four of the five surviving Raiders, reunited this week at the National Museum of the United States Air Force for the 70th anniversary celebration of the famous April 18, 1942, mission, ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The Navy on Thursday initiated dismissal proceedings against two Marines from a squad that killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005, saying they lied to military investigators after the massacre....

ORLANDO, Fla. — After spending a week in a jail cell by himself, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin stands a good chance of being granted bail Friday, despite the severity of the charge.

Whether George Zimmerman is allowed to leave the ...

The website of China's People's Daily newspaper raises 1.4bn yuan ($222m; £138m) via its initial public offering.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw....

"Millennials" - those Americans 18 to 24 who have come of age during the years of the Great Recession - are more worried about economic inequality than about the racial issues that consumed previous generations, according to major new survey.

The study, released Thursday by the Public Religion Research Institute ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. military leaders clearly expressed reluctance about using American might to stop the unending violence in Syria, insisting that diplomacy remains the best option to force President Bashar Assad to end the brutal crackdown on his own people....

Princess Cruises says it is sorry that one of its ships sailed past an adrift fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean, leaving two of the men to die.

Will "improper" meanings of words take over?

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Among the items that remained after a barista's abduction from an Anchorage coffee stand were two partially made drinks on a messy counter, and money from the business was missing....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Among the items that remained after a barista's abduction from an Anchorage coffee stand were two partially made drinks on a messy counter, and money from the business was missing....

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The 30-ft puppets taking over a city

Two hundred years after their most famous battle, we are still using the word "Luddite". But what does it mean?

The polar bear evolved from the brown bear about 600,000 years ago, according to new genetic data.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas officials are rethinking a decision to house prison inmates in a county jail and have moved all of them back to a state facility after four escaped, including a convicted murderer, the state Department of Corrections said Thursday....