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A chef has created an intricate 2ft-high sculpture of an angel out of lard.

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New Orleans head coach Sean Payton must sit out the 2012 season, while the club will lose two high draft picks and be fined $500,000 for having "bounty" payments.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday laid out new standards for criminal plea bargains, saying defense lawyers must do a competent job advising and informing their clients of prosecutors' offers of less prison time for convictions and guilty pleas....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wooing a nation of increasingly angry motorists, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are all plunging into gas-pump politics, seeking the upper hand as energy becomes a driving issue in the election campaign....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Mountaineer Lincoln Hall, who was rescued a day after being given up for dead near the summit of Everest in 2006, died Wednesday of cancer in Australia. He was 56....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Mountaineer Lincoln Hall, who was rescued a day after being given up for dead near the summit of Everest in 2006, died Wednesday of cancer in Australia. He was 56....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Even better if it's a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy....

The Egyptian army says it has "lost contact" with a desert patrol close to its remote southern border with Sudan.

Mass Effect 3 developer Bioware says it will provide extra game content for fans left unhappy by the series' conclusion.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior New York Police Department official says law enforcement has interviewed at least 13 people since 2005 with ties to Iran's government who were seen taking pictures of New York City landmarks. Police consider the activity to be pre-operational surveillance....

NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

vi TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- After a pre-dawn raid erupted into a firefight, French riot police pressed Wednesday for the surrender of a holed-up gunman who is suspected in seven killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida. A prosecutor said the man was planning to kill another soldier imminently....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seems inclined to shield federal agents who are protecting government officials from claims of free speech violations, in a case that began with the arrest of a man who confronted Vice President Dick Cheney....

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian troops have killed 39 rebels, most of them in a bombardment of a guerrilla camp, the defense minister said Wednesday....

Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old man described by French authorities as a self-styled al Qaeda jihadist, has been named as the chief suspect in a series of shootings that have left seven people dead.