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Three employees "have chosen to resign" in connection with an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia, the agency says. A 12th employee has been implicated.

China downplays India's successful long-range missile launch this week, saying that the two countries are not rivals but cooperating partners.

George Zimmerman apologized in court shortly before a Florida judge set a $150,000 bond that will let him get out of jail while he awaits trial in the death of Trayvon Martin.

Penn State University has paid out $5.76 million to the estate of Joe Paterno, its heralded head football coach who lost his job as part of a spiraling sex abuse scandal involving one of his former assistants, a school athletic official said Thursday.

An undercover investigation by the Federal Trade Commission found funeral homes nationwide deceived customers into making purchases they weren't required to make and failed to give up-front pricing to customers.

"Worthy of trust and confidence" is the motto of the almost 150-year-old U.S. Secret Service, and Director Mark Sullivan now faces the dual task of proving it true and keeping his job.

On the eve of a day of action aimed at an African militia leader, a bipartisan group of senators is inviting Americans to sign on as co-sponsors of legislation condemning Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

Nathan Daschle says "Americans Elect" aims to put up a third-party ticket via an online convention--simple, open, inclusive, allowing the governed to be truly consenting

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, likely killing its four crew members, a U.S. military official says. The crash occurred in bad weather.

Etan Patz is thought to be the first missing child whose image was printed on milk cartons in hopes of gathering information. Police will bore into a SoHo building in the search.

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) responds to criticism after he claimed a number of Democratic reps in Congress are Communists.

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) responds to criticism after he claimed a number of Democratic reps in Congress are Communists.

A small plane with an unresponsive pilot crashed in the central Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after circling above the ocean for more than two hours, but it appeared intact after hitting the water, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $46 billion small business tax cut bill -- an election year measure that has virtually no chance of clearing the Democratic-controlled Senate or surviving a presidential veto.

CNN's Anderson Cooper riffs on a staple of Courtney Stodden's grocery list, "sexy veggies."

More Secret Service resignations are expected in the wake of an alleged prostitution scandal during a presidential visit to Colombia, a congressional staff member says.

A proposed new route through Nebraska for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will require six to nine months of review under the normal process conducted by state and federal officials, a Nebraska official said Thursday.

Ruben Navarrette says a survey shows that people with Latin American roots prefer to be identified with their country of origin, but when it comes to isses that affect all of them, they must unify

Speed is crucial in politics when it comes to responding to controversial remarks; too often the substance of issues is getting lost in the crossfire

Dan Bongino, fmr. Secret Service agent, weighs in on the Secret Service investigation and the future of the agents involved.