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PF Louis | Suspicions have been confirmed for those wary of vaccinating their children.

SHINER, Texas (AP) -- Hearing his 5-year-old daughter crying from behind a barn, a father ran and discovered the unthinkable: A man molesting her. The father pulled the man off his daughter, authorities say, and started pummeling him to death with his fists....

Salon | “I don’t think the Bush administration would want to see these released."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican House committee chairman said Tuesday he is prepared to follow through on a contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder unless the Justice Department provides Congress with documents on a flawed gun-smuggling probe....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican House committee chairman said Tuesday he is prepared to follow through on a contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder unless the Justice Department provides Congress with documents on a flawed gun-smuggling probe....

CBS Chicago | The event has been dubbed “Don’t Kill a Dream, Save a Life," but should have been called the "Disarm the population" event.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two weeks after Californians went to the polls, a closely watched effort to impose a new tax on tobacco in the nation's most populous state remains too close to call.

With 400,000 ballots outstanding as of Tuesday, the measure that would add a $1-a-pack cigarette tax is ...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's wife testified Tuesday that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she insisted he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.

She also said that the basement where the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first African-American president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of believers....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first African-American president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of believers....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in February, The Associated Press has learned....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in February, The Associated Press has learned....

ft.com | Fears the country will suffer rolling blackouts this summer because of debts owed to main utility.

FORT LAUDERDALE — A Florida teenager was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery in a horrific 2009 attack on a middle-school classmate who was drenched in rubbing alcohol and set on fire.

Matthew "Zeke" Bent was accused of orchestrating the attack on Michael Brewer and charged with attempted second-degree murder. The ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first black president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination's troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of Christians.

The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. was unopposed in being elected by ...

SHINER, Texas — A young Texas father who beat to death with his fists a man molesting his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged, authorities said Tuesday as they released a dramatic 911 tape of the dad frantically pleading for help before the hired ranch helper died.

A Lavaca County ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A teenager accused of orchestrating an attack that left his classmate in flames was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery after jurors decided against more serious charges....

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- Seeking to sooth global economic fears, U.S. officials said they were encouraged that European leaders appeared ready to undertake a more forceful response to the continent's crippling debt crisis while still focusing on much-needed growth....

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- A man shot and killed an infant and critically wounded a toddler inside a South Texas hotel room before being arrested by officers who had been called to check on the boys and their mother, police said....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Kayakers surveying Washington state's most remote beaches for debris from last year's Japanese tsunami say they believe they have found part of a house, along with pieces of a washing machine, laundry hamper and child's toilet bowl....