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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffer heavy losses in an election in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's most populous state.

PHOENIX (AP) — The careers of most politicians would crumble under the heavy scrutiny that the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America now faces.

But despite a mountain of legal troubles, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio remains popular with voters and has more than $3.4 million in the bank for his ...

The Greek president holds coalition talks with leaders of smaller parties after failing to secure a deal with the three main parties.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest numbers show the New York Police Department's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest numbers show the New York Police Department's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest numbers show the New York Police Department's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest numbers show the New York Police Department's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest numbers show the New York Police Department's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012....

Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on bosses to stop "complaining" about the state of the economy and work harder.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A small airplane that crashed in southeast Kansas was carrying five people with connections to Oral Roberts University to a Christian youth rally in Iowa, a friend of three of the victims said Saturday....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A small airplane that crashed in southeast Kansas was carrying five people with connections to Oral Roberts University to a Christian youth rally in Iowa, a friend of three of the victims said Saturday....

Nine cyclists are injured in a collision during a race in Wolverhampton, with injuries including broken bones and spinal problems.

Some 40 people are now reported to have died and 18 are still missing after rain and hail storms in Gansu, north-western China.

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials and other law enforcement personnel searched a rugged mountain area Saturday for an FBI agent who had not been seen for more than 24 hours and was said to be despondent and possibly suicidal....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion — much larger than had been predicted just months ago — and will force severe cuts to schools and public safety if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, Gov. Jerry Brown said Saturday.

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The children who breached security to meet the Queen

Eleven people are arrested as Occupy protesters pitch tents outside the Bank of England on a day of demonstrations in London.

BOSTON (AP) -- With graduation approaching, a time for celebration turned somber at Boston University on Saturday as students who were packing up at the end of the school year learned that three classmates studying in New Zealand were killed when their minivan crashed during a weekend trip....

The government needs to tackle a "failing food system" by linking its policies on health, environment and education, MPs say.

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- Firing its 16-inch guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war....