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The lawyer for the neighborhood watch leader who fatally shot unarmed Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, said his client has received about $200,000 from supporters.

A-level science exams do not contain enough maths to allow students to study the subjects at university, say experts.

Amazon posts better-than-expected profits after the world's biggest retailer cuts costs and boosts sales of Kindle tablets.

Cove Point in Southern Maryland has become the latest flash point in the fight between the fossil fuels industry and its longtime foes in the environmental movement.

Citing a unique Carter-era agreement, the Sierra Club says it will veto plans by energy giant Dominion to build the first natural gas ...

Horrific crimes, such as the Anders Breivik case, illustrate the misconceptions the public has about mental illness, a leading expert says.

Should desk-hogging over-50s resign en masse?

A bill allowing access to private web data on suspicion of a cyber threat passes the US House of Representatives, despite a White House veto threat.

Putting the Raspberry Pi through its paces

LANSING, Mich. — A state board Thursday deadlocked on a proposal to put Michigan's contentious emergency financial manager law on November's ballot for possible repeal, dealing a major blow to a petition drive sparked in part by the state's deal to fix Detroit's troubled city finances.

The Michigan Board of ...

SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned "without reasonable suspicion."

The lawsuit stems from tensions between immigrants and the expanded presence of Border Patrol agents ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under heavy pressure from farm groups, the Obama administration is dropping an effort to prevent children from doing hazardous work on farms owned by anyone other than their parents....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Any new arrival to New York City wants to see the sights - and the space shuttle Enterprise is no different....

West African leaders agree to send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to monitor transitions to civilian rule following their coups.

The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109's Tiger Scouts didn't know or care their den mother was a lesbian - at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization's ban on gays....

A 1940s steam locomotive arrives at a Dorset seaside resort later, 46 years after it was banned from travelling along the route because of its bulk.

Different perceptions of the continent

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday to talk to attorneys about an issue with a juror and sent the panel home after six days of deliberations with a stern warning not to talk about the case....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- John Edwards' ex-aide acknowledged Thursday that much of nearly $1 million in campaign supporters' cash went to build his North Carolina dream house, not to buy the silence of the presidential candidate's pregnant mistress....

The U.S. Senate voted to renew a law designed to combat domestic abuse Thursday after Republicans stepped back from what was becoming a politically risky fight over some of the expansions they oppose to the Violence Against Women Act.

LONDON (AP) -- Prince William insists he and his wife Catherine aren't preparing for life as parents just yet, after she was caught doting on a newborn boy at a charity event....