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A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by minority students to overturn California's ban on affirmative action in admissions to state colleges and universities, saying the 1996 initiative approved by California voters already had passed the court's legal muster.

Ralph Kasarda, an attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, ...

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by minority students to overturn California's ban on affirmative action in admissions to state colleges and universities, saying the 1996 initiative approved by California voters already had passed the court's legal muster.

Ralph Kasarda, an attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, ...

A Dutch company is launching a vehicle which can be driven on land, or flown in the air.

At least three others were wounded in the shooting at Oikos University, a small religious school in Oakland, police said.

MOSCOW (AP) -- A plane that crashed Monday into a snowy field in Siberia, killing 31 people, appears to have been improperly de-iced, but there was no indication that negligence caused the crash, Russia's civil aviation chief said. Investigators said evidence so far suggests a technical failure as the cause....

Benjamin Arellano Felix, one of the world's most powerful cartel bosses in the 1990s, is sentenced to 25 years in prison by a US judge.

NEW YORK (AP) -- When did our ancestors first use fire? That's been a long-running debate, and now a new study concludes the earliest firm evidence comes from about 1 million years ago in a South African cave....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ten House Democrats, including a member of the party's leadership and lawmakers who oversee intelligence and homeland security matters, have criticized New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his "underhanded and unprofessional" response to criticism of the New York Police Department's spying programs....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Firefighting helicopters are trying to put out a spectacular blaze atop an under-construction Moscow skyscraper, planned to be Europe's tallest building....

The Scottish First Minister asks independent advisors to investigate whether he has breached the ministerial code.

LOS ANGELES — Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as California's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities was upheld by a federal appeals court panel.

The ruling marked the second time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned back ...

LOS ANGELES — Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as California's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities was upheld by a federal appeals court panel.

The ruling marked the second time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned back ...

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) -- The Israeli military on Monday ordered dozens of Jewish settlers to evacuate a building they occupied last week in the heart of Hebron, the West Bank's most volatile Palestinian city....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian forces overran a mountain enclave near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, seizing the territory back from rebels as a serious escalation in violence signaled both sides are using more powerful weapons....

A collector who bought a £3 batch of paintings in a US garage sale finds what is believed to be an original Andy Warhol sketch worth more than £1m among them.

BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....