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WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003....

At least 12 people - including two soldiers - are killed in a gunfight between the Mexican army and suspected drug gang members in Sinaloa state.

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states....

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A rapist who was on parole when prosecutors say he murdered a neighbor because he wanted the man's Harley Davidson motorcycle was hoping for a last-minute reprieve Wednesday, hours before his scheduled execution....

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A rapist who was on parole when prosecutors say he murdered a neighbor because he wanted the man's Harley Davidson motorcycle was hoping for a last-minute reprieve Wednesday, hours before his scheduled execution....

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to corroborate her story....

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An academic year that no Penn State senior was prepared for comes to a close this week when the university holds graduation ceremonies....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The judge overseeing the John Edwards campaign corruption trial sent the jury home Wednesday after eight days of talks without a verdict and released the four alternate jurors, who have garnered attention for their matching shirts but have not participated in the deliberations....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is expanding E. coli testing in some raw meat, a move expected to prevent more people from contracting the bacteria that can cause severe illness or death....

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama....

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Hamas has been holding secret political talks with five European Union member states in recent months, a senior official in the Islamic militant group told The Associated Press on Wednesday....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Hamas has been holding secret political talks with five European Union member states in recent months, a senior official in the Islamic militant group told The Associated Press on Wednesday....