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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- As divers searched the muddy bottom of Alabama's Mobile Bay, a salvage ship was dispatched Wednesday to the sunken wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed on a training mission, leaving one crewmember dead and three others missing....

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Pentagon has mothballed a laser-equipped jumbo jet after 15 years and $5 billion worth of research to develop an airborne missile defense system....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J (AP) -- Jurors in the trial of a student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man can't hear about an email passage in which the alleged victim referred to the defendant's behavior as "wildly inappropriate," a judge decided Wednesday....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Davy Jones, an actor-turned-singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the many....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States, which is set to provide food aid in return....

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was ordered Wednesday to be committed to a psychiatric hospital for 60 years....

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Pentagon has mothballed a laser-equipped missile defense aircraft after more than 15 years of development....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Defense Department for failing to create a searchable database of medals recipients, a potential solution to identifying and prosecuting people who falsely claim to have received the honors....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- An assistant football coach who chased a teenage gunman from a school cafeteria shrugged off talk of being a hero Thursday and assured parents that he was with their mortally wounded children and wiped their tears amid the attack that killed three students and wounded two....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama hosted low-key White House talks with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday, with no pressing deadlines, feuds or crises, in what was described as an effort to find potential areas of legislative bipartisanship....

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming, and they could be even stronger....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It took almost 60 years for World War II veterans to get a monument in Washington. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened less than a decade after their war ended. Now with the Iraq war just over, and Afghanistan continuing, there are already plans to honor those veterans in a new National Mall tribute in the works....

WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -- The television was tuned to forecasters' dire warnings of an impending storm when Greg Tomlyanobich heard a short burst from a tornado siren blare after midnight Sunday. Then silence. Then rumbling....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pentagon leaders met with Israel's defense minister Wednesday to discuss the ongoing tensions with Iran and Syria, amid escalating speculation that the Israelis will launch a pre-emptive strike against Tehran's nuclear facilities....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The military has come under sharp criticism at a House hearing for failing to create a searchable database of medal recipients....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is meeting at the White House with the four top Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress, the first such meeting since last July when the administration and Congress were fiercely negotiating to avoid a government default....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It took almost 60 years for World War II veterans to get a monument in Washington. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened less than a decade after their war ended. Now with the Iraq war just over, and Afghanistan continuing, there are already plans to honor those veterans in a new National Mall tribute in the works....

DALLAS (AP) -- Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie....