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A section of the M1 in Bedfordshire is closed for more than eight hours after a man died in a crash involving three lorries.

The chaos mostly stopped in Syria today after a cease-fire brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan took effect. Syria is experiencing "a rare moment of calm," he said.

A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Mexico's Pacific coast, the second quake to hit the area in the last 24 hours.

Sony workers in Wales are braced for news about possible job losses after the firm said it was cutting 10,000 staff worldwide.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Calling it an "oversight," George Zimmerman's attorney said Friday the neighborhood watch volunteer did not disclose that a website had raised more than $200,000 for his defense, even though his family told the judge they would have trouble coming up with his bond....

There are reports that staffers at Obama's Chicago headquarters consider Romney's candidacy a joke. One suspects, however, the adults there take a different view.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Brave, serious, diligent. That's how two Chinese graduate students who were shot and killed near the University of Southern California campus were described during a candlelight vigil attended by hundreds of students....

An aid worker's recent visit to North Korea indicates how the decision to withhold food aid because of Pyongyang's planned rocket launch will affect malnourished people on the ground.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Two months after a 3-year-old endangered orca washed ashore bloodied and bruised in Washington state the cause of her death remains a mystery....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Two months after a 3-year-old endangered orca washed ashore bloodied and bruised in Washington state the cause of her death remains a mystery....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- State lawmakers are calling for greater oversight of campus police departments after investigators blasted University of California, Davis, administrators and officers for pepper-spraying demonstrators - a police action that drew widespread criticism after a video went viral....

A man who defended his shop and his fiancee from a would-be robber who was holding a gun says he was worried he would get into trouble for his actions.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The lawyer for a wealthy heiress who provided secret payments intended to help John Edwards testified Friday that the former presidential candidate acknowledged the money had been given for his benefit....

Jury selection begins in a Greensboro, North Carolina, federal courtroom Thursday in the trial of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

A female Bengal tiger and a male Siberian tiger have produced three cubs at a zoo in Mexico, despite being different sub-species.

The US regains top spot from China as the biggest investor in clean energy in 2011, according to global rankings.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will be given a five-place grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix after the team changed his gearbox.

A pair of strong earthquakes rocked Mexico's Gulf of California only minutes apart early Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos faced a dilemma. He was set to take center stage as host of this weekend's summit of Western Hemisphere leaders in this colonial-era port. But Washington's veto of Cuba as a participant was threatening to torpedo the meeting....

Sports fashion retailer JD Sports says the purchase of Blacks Leisure dented its full-year profits by £2.2m.