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ALBANY — New York's top court said Thursday that the saliva of an HIV-infected man who bit a police officer doesn't constitute a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument under state law.

In dismissing the aggravated-assault conviction of David Plunkett, the Court of Appeals is sending the case back to a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video-gaming company, lured to Rhode Island with a $75 million state loan guarantee two years ago, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, and federal authorities have begun an investigation into the firm.

The filing by Providence-based 38 Studios, which laid ...

A first-of-its-kind survey of 10,000 American youth who say they are a sexual minority finds that most feel accepted by their families, but they often struggle with community acceptance and even believe they will have to leave their hometowns to be happy someday.

This survey is "a stark wake-up call ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) -- A Kansas businessman, his wife and their four children were killed Thursday when their small plane crashed into a swampy area of central Florida, authorities said....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Think your teen would never text while driving? More than half of high school seniors admitted in a government survey that they've done just that....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Think your teen would never text while driving? More than half of high school seniors admitted in a government survey that they've done just that....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Think your teen would never text while driving? More than half of high school seniors admitted in a government survey that they've done just that....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Think your teen would never text while driving? More than half of high school seniors admitted in a government survey that they've done just that....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The president of Florida A&M University vowed to remain on the job Thursday despite a no-confidence vote from school trustees over his handling of the hazing death of a member of the school's famed marching band....

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A former developer and lobbyist with long ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada's political elite says he's not guilty of violating federal campaign contribution laws....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The damaged San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California is likely to remain offline until at least the end of August....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video gaming company, lured to Rhode Island with a $75 million state loan guarantee two years ago, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday, and federal authorities have begun an investigation into it....

ATLANTA | More than half of high school seniors admit they text or email while driving - the first federal statistics on how common the dangerous habit is among teens.

An anonymous national survey conducted last year found that 58 percent of high school seniors said they had texted or ...

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — The biggest sensation on Cape Cod right now isn't the lobster, the historic lighthouses or its rolling sand dunes. It's not even a Kennedy.

It's a bear.

A bruin believed to have swum about 500 feet across the Cape Cod Canal from the mainland during Memorial Day ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The fiancée of an "America's Got Talent" contestant scrutinized for claims he was injured in Afghanistan says he made a "mistake" when he gave the show a photograph of a soldier instead of himself....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year - the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war....

CNS News | It didn't refer to this gun running operation; it referred to this gun running operation.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States stepped up pressure on Pakistan Thursday as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "we are reaching the limits of our patience" with a nominal ally that continues to provide a safe haven to al-Qaida-linked militants....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States stepped up pressure on Pakistan Thursday as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "we are reaching the limits of our patience" with a nominal ally that continues to provide a safe haven to al-Qaida-linked militants....

Mother Jones | "The border control industry in Arizona is flourishing more than ever."