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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....

Is this the formula for a university revolution?

The business secretary announces plans to force companies to have binding votes on executive pay every three years, but resists pressure for annual votes.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- With major European economies on the brink of collapse, world leaders concluding an annual Group of 20 meeting were left Tuesday with two different paths to ease the financial crisis: Spend more to try to stimulate growth or slash budgets in a bid to restore investor confidence....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's government said Tuesday that at least 40 people died in the country's south when a bus overturned in a rain-swollen river, but a local official reported a lower toll....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's government said Tuesday that at least 40 people died in the country's south when a bus overturned in a rain-swollen river, but a local official reported a lower toll....

A grand jury Tuesday declined to indict a father who killed a man he said was sexually abusing his young daughter. The district attorney agreed with the decision, saying she had "never seen a case this clear."

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) -- The personal stories were slightly awkward. The small-town events tended toward the corny. His chats with voters were usually just a few words. But as Mitt Romney campaigned across six states, he loosened up a little - and avoided the verbal gaffes that had plagued him in the past....

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) -- The personal stories were slightly awkward. The small-town events tended toward the corny. His chats with voters were usually just a few words. But as Mitt Romney campaigned across six states, he loosened up a little - and avoided the verbal gaffes that had plagued him in the past....

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) -- The personal stories were slightly awkward. The small-town events tended toward the corny. His chats with voters were usually just a few words. But as Mitt Romney campaigned across six states, he loosened up a little - and avoided the verbal gaffes that had plagued him in the past....

A Chilean court decides to reopen an investigation into the death of Ronni Moffitt, a US citizen who died in the 1976 bomb attack against Orlando Letelier in Washington DC.

Google and Apple's race to develop new mapping techniques sparks new concerns over privacy issues.

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....

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....

The mother of a boy with Down syndrome dying from a heart defect asks families to honor him with a banana split dinner.