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The brother of a disabled girl who died after an alleged sexual assault tells a court he never sexually interfered with her.

Marvel Avengers Assemble fends off a challenge from comedy sequel American Pie: Reunion to remain the top film at the UK and Ireland box office.

Last week, President Obama's campaign launched a fictional storybook ad called, "The Life of Julia." The slide show narrative follows Julia, a cartoon character, from age 3 to age67 and explains how Obama's policies, from Head Start to Obamacare to mandated contraception coverage to Medicare reform, would provide Julia with a better life than Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan could.

24 hours of news photos: 9 May 2012

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- The June Euro 2012 football championship was Ukraine's chance to shine: forge closer ties with the West, boost its international standing and aid its struggling economy....

Russia's newest civilian airliner, the Sukhoi Superjet-100, disappeared Wednesday from radar screens during a flight over Indonesia. There were 44 passengers aboard.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The claws and teeth of wild things are a near-nightly affair at bedtime for Gregg Svingen's 2-year-old, Tessa. She raises a tiny index finger and issues a clear and forceful "Be still!" to knock Maurice Sendak's monsters into shape....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The claws and teeth of wild things are a near-nightly affair at bedtime for Gregg Svingen's 2-year-old, Tessa. She raises a tiny index finger and issues a clear and forceful "Be still!" to knock Maurice Sendak's monsters into shape....

An augmented reality device shows how two users could share objects on a tabletop while based at different locations.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Air controllers lost contact Wednesday with a Russian-made plane carrying 46 people in western Indonesia, an official said....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Conservative-led government plans to finally reform the centuries-old House of Lords and introduce direct elections for members....

The Queen setsout the government's agenda

A simple drawing test may help predict the risk of older men dying after a first stroke, a study in the journal BMJ Open suggests.

South Africa confiscates assets worth nearly $7m (£4m) from three suspected rhino poachers - two of whom are vets, police say.

The Japanese government is to take a controlling stake in Tokyo Electric Power in return for a 1 trillion yen ($12.5bn; £7.8bn) taxpayer bailout.

Spain's Carles Puyol says he expects to miss Euro 2012 because he requires arthroscopic surgery on a knee injury.

More than 100 ex-employees of Dresdner Kleinwort bank win their fight to claim unpaid bonuses from current owner Commerzbank.

LONDON (AP) -- Nine men in northwest England were sentenced to jail terms Wednesday for luring girls as young as 13 years old into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs - a case that has stirred racial tensions and sparked claims that authorities are failing to protect vulnerable children in state care....

With six months until Election Day, conspiracy theories are percolating on the Internet: Left-wing billionaire George Soros is going to rig the election for Barack Obama.

Paul Joseph Watson | Government wants a nation of cowardly defenseless victims.