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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its signature organizations....

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its signature organizations....

BATH, Maine (AP) -- An enormous, expensive and technology-laden warship that some Navy leaders once tried to kill because of its cost is now viewed as an important part of the Obama administration's Asia-Pacific strategy, with advanced capabilities that the Navy's top officer says represent the Navy's future....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been arrested and is charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been arrested and is charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been arrested and is charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been arrested and is charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26....

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Amid furious public pressure to make an arrest in the killing of Trayvon Martin, the special prosecutor on the case went for the maximum Wednesday, bringing a second-degree murder charge against the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the unarmed black teenager....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin to death had been out of touch and, his ex-lawyer says, "a little bit over the edge" before his arrest on a second-degree murder charge....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man charged with killing seven people at a tiny college has told a San Francisco television station that he's deeply sorry about the shooting....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A woman who became suspicious and called 911 after dropping her son off at a suburban Minneapolis day care provider's home stayed on the line as she went back, entered the house and discovered three people had been shot to death, according to transcripts of the call released Wednesday....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gunfire shattered the window of the BMW near the University of Southern California campus just after midnight, striking two Chinese graduate students inside....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The crisis in Syria along with growing concerns about Iran's nuclear program and a potential North Korean missile test dominated discussions Wednesday between foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrialized democracies....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- While George Zimmerman is free on bail, the police chief criticized for not charging him after Trayvon Martin's slaying remains under scrutiny, as city commissioners want to wait for the results of a federal investigation to decide if they will accept Chief Bill Lee's resignation....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor's decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old's death. Martin's mother said if she could speak directly to George Zimmerman, she would allow him a chance to say he is sorry for what happened....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor's decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old's death. Martin's mother said if she could speak directly to George Zimmerman, she would allow him a chance to say he is sorry for what happened....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The General Services Administration inspector general was told the agency spent as much as $330,000 to move an employee from Denver to Hawaii, an example of millions of dollars wasted in relocation costs....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin to death had been out of touch and, his ex-lawyer says, "a little bit over the edge" before his arrest on a second-degree murder charge....

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Public health advocates and doctors on the front lines of Pennsylvania's natural gas-drilling boom are attacking the state's new Marcellus Shale law, likening one of its provisions to a gag order and complaining that vital research money into health effects was stripped at the last minute....