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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering ...

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a nuclear-powered submarine on Thursday so they could get inside to assess damage from an intense blaze that swept through the forward compartments.

Workers had to wait for the USS Miami to cool enough for fresh ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, passing a critical test in advance of Friday's actual docking.

The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule performed a practice lap around the orbiting lab and checked out its communication and navigation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement cards.

The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice ...

NEW YORK — In a break in one of the nation's most baffling missing-children cases, former convenience-store employee Pedro Hernandez has told police that he suffocated 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 and left the boy's body in a box in an alley, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

The focus on ...