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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department has scrapped a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign high school exchange students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House with all the pomp of a state visit as the allies stress their unity in dealing with hot spots like Iran, Syria and Afghanistan....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol - that red, white and blue pole - and it may be time to hide the scissors....

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to meet with troops, commanders and Afghan government officials just days after a U.S. soldier allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The comedian who made his name on the "Axis of Evil Comedy Tour" made one thing clear when he opened a recent set at Michigan State University: "Tonight, it's not Islam 101."...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free online rival Wikipedia made an irony-free note of that fact....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Boaters cruised along the river in downtown Chicago. Golfers smacked balls in Minnesota....

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise....

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise....

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors are set to deliberate the case of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man....

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into a destination for Christian institutions nationwide with an extraordinary promise....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House with all the pomp of a state visit....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan overhaul of highway and transit programs, increasing pressure on House Republicans to come up with their own bill or accept the Senate plan....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It might be dismissed as an election year gimmick by the big shots who run Capitol Hill, but frustration over Congress' failure to pass a budget since 2009 has given surprising momentum to a bill that would cut off lawmakers' pay if they can't - or won't - pass a budget blueprint....

MONT VERNON, N.H. (AP) -- Residents of a rural New Hampshire town voted Tuesday night to rename a fishing and skating spot that's been called Jew Pond since the 1920s....