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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention has elected its first African-American leader....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- More than 35 years after William Lynch says he and his little brother were molested by a priest during a camping trip in the Santa Cruz Mountains, he will get his longtime wish to face the aging Jesuit in court for the first time. But it is Lynch who is going on trial....

BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) -- Firefighters are making progress on a 92-square-mile wildfire in northern Colorado that has destroyed more homes than any other in state history, but more residents were warned Tuesday to be ready to leave because of a spot fire that ignited near the main fire....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A half-trillion dollars in tax increases and spending cuts will be triggered in January - unless lawmakers somehow settle their differences before then....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies?...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The College Board is putting 857 empty schools desks on the National Mall in an attempt to get the presidential candidates and others running for public office to talk more about education....

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- Needing an economic boost, President Barack Obama is trying to land assurances that Europe is closing in on a financial crisis response that will calm the markets and keep the continent's woes from undermining the world. As he presses European leaders to drum up economic demand, they want promises the United States won't plunge off a fiscal cliff by year's end....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The nation's largest Protestant denomination is set to take its biggest step yet toward resolving its troubled racial past....

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Wildfires across the West drove hundreds of people from their homes from California to Colorado, where nuns living in a monastery and Boy Scouts at camp are among those who've fled....

One of the biggest misconceptions about President Obama's health care overhaul isn't who the law will cover, but rather who it won't....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House and Senate leaders are making a last-ditch effort to revive stalled legislation to overhaul federal transportation programs - Congress' best bet for passage of a major jobs bill this year - but prospects for passage before the November election are dimming....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The cost of pensions and retiree health benefits are soaring at the University of California, increasing pressure to raise tuition and cut academic programs at one of the nation's leading public college systems....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The cost of pensions and retiree health benefits are soaring at the University of California, increasing pressure to raise tuition and cut academic programs at one of the nation's leading public college systems....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul....

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Wildfires across the West drove hundreds of people from their homes from California to Colorado, where nuns living in a monastery and Boy Scouts at camp were among those forced to flee ahead of the flames....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start over" if the system is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A witness called by Jerry Sandusky's defense says one of his accusers has a reputation for dishonesty and has "embellished stories."...