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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A photo ID requirement for voters in Texas could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of registered Hispanics, the Justice Department declared Monday in its latest move against Republican-led voting changes in many states that have drawn protests from minorities, poor people and students....

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling the alleged slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier "absolutely tragic and heartbreaking" and that he is still "proud generally" of what U.S. troops have achieved in Afghanistan while working under "enormous strain."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling the alleged slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier "absolutely tragic and heartbreaking" and that he is still "proud generally" of what U.S. troops have achieved in Afghanistan while working under "enormous strain."...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifty million people in America lack health insurance and the law says most of them must soon be provided coverage. But how to deliver?...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused in massacring Afghan civilians had been assigned to protect special operations forces that were teaching Afghans how to defend themselves....

BOSTON (AP) -- Family members of people allegedly killed by James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) say his longtime girlfriend will plead guilty to helping Bulger evade capture and won't testify against him at his trial....

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Long before Richard Nixon rose to power and fell from grace, the future president was just another man in love.

Decades before he became known to some as "Tricky Dick," Nixon was the one coining nicknames (sweet ones) for his future bride, in gushy love notes ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Police at the University of Maryland say three Internet users alerted them that a current student was planning a shooting rampage on campus....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- A former student who worked at the campus police department tipped officers off to a current student's online threats of a shooting rampage, police said Monday....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a 22-year prison sentenced for convicted "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam, calling it unreasonably lenient....

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday struck down the state's voter identification law less than a week after another judge temporarily stopped it, complicating plans for state officials who want the law in place for the upcoming presidential primary.

Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess issued the permanent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college campuses has ignited a debate over how to strike a balance between civil liberties and national security. The NYPD has vigorously defended the tactics, calling them legal and necessary....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college campuses has ignited a debate over how to strike a balance between civil liberties and national security. The NYPD has vigorously defended the tactics, calling them legal and necessary....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Defense Department should stop doing business with a Russian arms exporter that is providing weapons to a Syrian government killing its citizens, a bipartisan group of 17 senators said Monday....

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....