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WASHINGTON (AP) -- George Clooney's capital blitz to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in border regions between Sudan and South Sudan arrived at the Oval Office on Thursday, and the actor said he came away from a meeting President Barack Obama encouraged that there is high-level interest in doing more to help a region that soon could suffer mass starvation....

HOUSTON (AP) -- Long after tiny Miguel Morin disappeared in late 2004, the infant's family still paused to mark the milestones of his life, holding a celebration every year on his birthday and praying for his safe, swift return....

LARGO, Md. (AP) -- Vigorously defending his policies, President Barack Obama ridiculed critics of renewable energy sources Thursday, calling them naysayers and comparing them to the flat-earthers of yesteryear....

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- An attorney for an Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified information asked a military judge Thursday to dismiss the charges, arguing the government bungled the handover of documents to the defense....

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- An attorney for an Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified information asked a military judge Thursday to dismiss the charges, arguing the government bungled the handover of documents to the defense....

Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a new generation of teachers replaces retiring baby boomers, financially strapped states face a quandary - what to do about teacher pensions....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hunt for Osama bin Laden took nearly a decade. It could take even longer to uncover U.S. government emails, planning reports, photographs and more that would shed light on how an elite team of Navy SEALs killed the world's most wanted terrorist....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Police have charged a man with four counts of felonious assault in a stabbing spree at an Ohio downtown office building that left four people injured before he was shot on the street by a police officer....

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- A corporate engineer was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday in the 2010 shooting death of a father who had just dropped his toddler off at a daycare in suburban Atlanta....

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- An attorney for an Army private charged with leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified information has asked a military judge to dismiss the charges against his client, arguing the government bungled the turning over of documents in the case....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An investigation of the bungled criminal prosecution of the late Sen. Ted Stevens has concluded that prosecutors never conducted a comprehensive review of material favorable to the senator and that two prosecutors intentionally withheld key information....

ATLANTA (AP) -- In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products....

Federal weather forecasters say for the first time in four years they're not worried about major spring flooding....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Afghanistan is not Iraq, U.S. officials have been fond of saying from the first days of Barack Obama's presidency....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Guys, when your sweetheart says "No thanks" to sex, do you knock back a few stiff drinks to feel better? Turns out fruit flies do pretty much the same thing....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hunt for Osama bin Laden took nearly a decade. It could take even longer to uncover U.S. government emails, planning reports, photographs and more that would shed light on how an elite team of Navy SEALs killed the world's most wanted terrorist....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says its approach toward the Taliban has not changed, rejecting the militant group's statements that it broke off talks with the U.S. because the Americans had failed to follow through on promises and had made new demands....

LARGO, Md. (AP) -- Vigorously defending his policies, President Barack Obama ridiculed critics of renewable energy sources Thursday, calling them naysayers and comparing them to the flat-earthers of yesteryear....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's rich and famous will soon explore Earth's lost frontier, starting with "Titanic" director James Cameron....