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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's foreign minister says a North Korean long-range rocket launch has been confirmed a "failure."...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot Thursday at a communications station on an island off Alaska in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide. They said they have yet to identify a suspect....

The Bahrain Grand Prix is to go ahead on 22 April as planned, the motorsport's governing body the FIA says.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers....

George Michael Zimmerman, inmate #201200004452, is living in a cell with 67 square feet of floor space, is allowed to read the Bible and magazines, but has no access to TV, according to officials at the central Florida jail where he is being held.

Three babies have died from complications linked to whooping cough so far in England and Wales this year, health experts say.

Manipulating memories of drug use may help reformed addicts avoid a return to a life of drug abuse, according to scientists in China.

Local authority pension schemes are still a "ticking time bomb", the Taxpayers' Alliance warns, despite their financial health improving over the past year.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Trayvon Martin's shooter must return to jail, a judge ordered Friday in a strongly worded ruling that said George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain bond in a case that hinges on jurors believing his account of what happened the night the teen was killed....

Ed Miliband says Labour's defeat in last month's Bradford West by-election cannot be "dismissed as a one-off", as he visits the constituency to learn lessons.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A gag grenade mounted on a plaque that said "Complaint department: Take a number" led to the evacuation Thursday of an office building near ground zero, and the employee responsible for it was put on administrative leave....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."...

Death penalty opponents said Thursday that this week's votes putting Connecticut on track to become the 17th state to abandon capital punishment shows that the long campaign against the death penalty is gaining serious momentum.

"The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty has been at it for 35 years, ...

LJ Rich explains how the dual image contact lens works

North Korea confirms its controversial rocket launch failed, as observers report it broke up and crashed into the sea shortly after blast-off.

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Mortars blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military sealed off the city's downtown area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister's home, according to a diplomat and witnesses....