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The police investigation of Whitney Houston's death is "officially closed" with the conclusion that her death was an accidental drowning, the Beverly Hills Police Department said Wednesday.

Notorious killer Charles Manson, 77, was denied parole Wednesday after a California parole panel "could find nothing good as far as suitability" for his being paroled, a commissioner said.

Typically when a presidential candidate wraps up his party's nomination after months of reaching out to base voters in the primaries, the question becomes whether he can appeal to the political center for the general election.

She was a tiny thing: 1 pound 12 ounces, cold as a frozen bottle and left for dead. But she would survive.

President Barack Obama and his certain Republican opponent in November, Mitt Romney, shifted to full general election mode Wednesday with messages intended to rally their bases and portray the other as threats to future progress.

Indonesia's response to a massive earthquake and a tsunami scare Wednesday highlights a critical reality: Warning systems and emergency responses have come a long way since the catastrophe of eight years ago.

Iran said Wednesday it plans to present new proposals at upcoming talks on its controversial nuclear program.

Peru's president asked a group of miners trapped in a mine in southern Peru to stay patient and try to be in good spirits as workers feverishly tried to rescue them Wednesday morning.

A magnitude-8.6 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, followed by an 8.2 quake in the same region. No deaths or damage have been reported.

Shelling erupts in Syria as international envoy Kofi Annan holds out hope that government forces and the opposition will meet a looming deadline to end hostilities.

Charles Manson's attorney will urge a California parole panel on Wednesday to place the killer in a mental hospital.

North Korea is fueling a long-range rocket it plans to launch in the coming days, a senior national space official says.

NORAD jet fighters intercepted a Korean Air passenger jet and escorted it to a safe emergency landing at a military base on Vancouver Island in British Columbia after the airline received a bomb threat, officials said Tuesday.

Rick Santorum's decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race came after he spent the holiday weekend evaluating the race with his family, who were grappling with the latest hospitalization of his 3-year-old daughter Bella.

The Arkansas athletic director said Bobby Petrino misled the school. He initially failed to disclose that a female staff member was on his motorcycle when he crashed.

Some leading social conservative groups are praising Rick Santorum following his suspension of his Republican presidential campaign. But their reaction Tuesday didn't mention Mitt Romney, the all-but-certain GOP nominee with Santorum out of the race.

Ozzie Guillen's remarks on Fidel Castro may be constitutionally protected, but he has learned there is nothing shielding him from the ire of Miami's large Cuban community.

Julian Zelizer says Mitt Romney is more skilled as a politician than he is often given credit for

Rick Santorum's campaign suspension effectively cedes the race to Mitt Romney. But a Santorum spokesman said an endorsement is not guaranteed.

Something strange happened Monday on the Internet.