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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps - with a hand from the author....

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U.S.-born terrorist pleads guilty in 'mini al Qaeda' case

A New Yorker accused of trying to start what prosecutors called "a mini al Qaeda cell" pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

An indictment had alleged that Wesam El-Hanafi ...

The US warns an Iranian dissident group it must leave a camp in Iraq, if it hopes to be removed from a US list of terrorist groups.

Roadshows are being held in Edinburgh and Glasgow to encourage businesses to invest in the £1bn Dundee waterfront transformation.

A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany and arrived in Canada on Monday, a police official said.

Seven months in the Los Angeles County jail have taken a physical toll on Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted in Michael Jackson's death, his lawyer told CNN Monday.

Filmed with infrared cameras, a highly secretive unmanned Air Force space plane lands after more than a year in orbit.

A paralysed man who wants a doctor to be able to lawfully kill him is being condemned to live in a state of "suffering and indignity" by the current law, a court hears.

Facebook will soon be using your Web browsing to help decide which advertisements you see.

Proposals which would make it an offence to pay for sex are to be considered by the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Firefighters faced dangerous conditions across much of the Rocky Mountain region Monday, as they toiled in hot, dry weather to battle a wildfire that has charred nearly 91 square miles in northern Colorado....

The retired police general who was in charge of security for former Colombian President Uribe denies he was involved in drug trafficking.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago man filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming an Illinois jail prevented him from taking his prescribed HIV medications for a week, harming his health and violating his constitutional rights....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky opened his defense in his molestation trial Monday with character witnesses who defended his reputation, including a former Penn State coach who said he knew Sandusky took boys into showers but never saw him do anything wrong....

Curry houses are applying for the Birmingham Balti to be given protected status by the European Commission.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said....

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi discusses the rule of law and pays tribute to the BBC on her first trip to the UK in more than 20 years.

Professor Armand Leroi from Imperial College London explains why he thinks a Darwinian computer program that can evolve music from noise could kill off the composer.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and that generally have a long history of backing Democrats in White House elections....