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PARIS (AP) -- Mohamed Merah grew up in one of the toughest housing projects of Toulouse, with his mother, two brothers and two sisters. At age five, his parents split up - and he took that hard. As a youth he turned to petty crime, landing in prison twice....

As the prosecutor in Florida continued to sort out the facts in the case, Trayvon Martin's parents attended a forum on hate crimes and "stand your ground" laws.

Pope Benedict XVI has arrived at Havana's International airport, after traveling from the southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

The parent of a pupil at Downhills Primary begins legal action over Education Secretary Michael Gove's decision to sack the schools governors.

The Royal Household is advertising for a trainee butler, with a starting salary of £15,000 a year. But what does being a butler actually involve?

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Amnesty International is urging reluctant European Union nations to make a renewed commitment to investigate their own involvement in secret CIA flights carrying suspected terrorists....

Witnesses claim 'lives destroyed' by police protection

North Korea said Tuesday that it would not abandon its plan to carry out a satellite launch next month despite recent warnings from President Obama over the move.

Beyonce the dog was so small when she was born that she could fit onto a spoon.

MADRID (AP) -- A Euro Vegas in down-and-out Spain?...

MADRID (AP) -- A Euro Vegas in down-and-out Spain?...

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- At the beginning of the school year, gay pride events at a military academy with titles like "condom Olympics" and "queer prom" would have been unthinkable. This week, they're a reality....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hollywood has destroyed Washington - or New York or Los Angeles - lots of times with nuclear bombs detonated by terrorists. It turns out to be harder in real life....

Roger Federer's 16-match winning streak has ended after he was beaten by Andy Roddick in the third round of the Miami Masters.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The parents of a slain Florida teenager are blaming police for leaking information about their son being suspended for marijuana and details about the fight he had with the shooter that portrayed the teen as the aggressor....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The parents of a slain Florida teenager are blaming police for leaking information about their son being suspended for marijuana and details about the fight he had with the shooter that portrayed the teen as the aggressor....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The most powerful prescriptions of a tough House GOP budget plan, like a dramatic restructuring of Medicare and big cuts to domestic programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and transportation appear destined to go back on the shelf almost as soon as the measure is passed this week....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The most powerful prescriptions of a tough House GOP budget plan, like a dramatic restructuring of Medicare and big cuts to domestic programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and transportation appear destined to go back on the shelf almost as soon as the measure is passed this week....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The most powerful prescriptions of a tough House GOP budget plan, like a dramatic restructuring of Medicare and big cuts to domestic programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and transportation appear destined to go back on the shelf almost as soon as the measure is passed this week....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Arab leaders will offer plans this week to break the political "stalemate" that has engulfed Syria but they won't demand the resignation of President Bashar Assad, Iraq's top diplomat says....