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ABOARD RUSSIAN RAILWAYS TRAIN 109 (AP) -- From the comfy cabins of first class to the crowded and smelly third-class bunks, passengers traveling to Moscow from a remote Arctic boomtown show why Vladimir Putin's almost certain return to the presidency Sunday feels less than triumphant....

ABOARD RUSSIAN RAILWAYS TRAIN 109 (AP) -- From the comfy cabins of first class to the crowded and smelly third-class bunks, passengers traveling to Moscow from a remote Arctic boomtown show why Vladimir Putin's almost certain return to the presidency Sunday feels less than triumphant....

ABOARD RUSSIAN RAILWAYS TRAIN 109 (AP) -- From the comfy cabins of first class to the crowded and smelly third-class bunks, passengers traveling to Moscow from a remote Arctic boomtown show why Vladimir Putin's almost certain return to the presidency Sunday feels less than triumphant....

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- New Balance running shoes rest on a Boston College floor mat as Luzmila Garcia starts the climb to her son Franco's attic bedroom....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Germany and the European Commission on Tuesday called on EU nations to stick to their promised budget cuts despite mounting voter discontent, but promised some new efforts to boost growth to alleviate economic hardship....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Sgt. Brandon Morgan didn't expect to become a global phenomenon when he kissed his partner upon returning from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Sgt. Brandon Morgan didn't expect to become a global phenomenon when he kissed his partner upon returning from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- Students mourning the deaths of three teens in a shooting at an Ohio high school returned to class Friday, a day after charges were filed in juvenile court against the 17-year-old suspect....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- Students mourning the deaths of three teens in a shooting at an Ohio high school returned to class Friday, a day after charges were filed in juvenile court against the 17-year-old suspect....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- A nuclear deal with the United States may have raised hopes that tensions on the Korean peninsula could ease soon, but rare interviews Friday by The Associated Press with Pyongyang residents suggest deep cynicism of U.S. intentions....

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Coast Guard officials said they've recovered the bodies of two of the three crewmembers who had been missing since a helicopter crashed in Mobile Bay in Alabama....

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Kera Wise picked through the fragments of her aunt and uncle's tornado-ruined home with a determined hustle under clear skies that weather forecasters warned soon might again turn dark and dangerous....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A measure to ban the use of foreign laws in domestic courtrooms is progressing in Florida's statehouse, one of dozens of similar efforts across the country that critics call an unwarranted campaign driven by fear of Muslims....

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Coast Guard officials said they've recovered the bodies of two of the three crewmembers who had been missing since a helicopter crashed in Mobile Bay in Alabama....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country is closing its embassy in Syria....

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- The International Organization for Migration says a 60-car train carrying 1,400 refugees has left Sudan's capital for the newly independent south. The passengers are the first of hundreds of thousands expected to make the arduous journey in the months ahead....

LONDON (AP) -- It was a gift horse to British cartoonists....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maine Republican Olympia Snowe says the Senate spends too much time in political battle and not enough on solving problems, and more than a few of her colleagues agree....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maine Republican Olympia Snowe says the Senate spends too much time in political battle and not enough on solving problems, and more than a few of her colleagues agree....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maine Republican Olympia Snowe says the Senate spends too much time in political battle and not enough on solving problems, and more than a few of her colleagues agree....