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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- An aide who traveled with John Edwards testified Wednesday about the former presidential candidate's first meeting with a key donor whose money was eventually used to hide his mistress, describing how the donor soon became fond of Edwards....

LONDON (AP) -- The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann say they believe Portuguese authorities will eventually reopen the investigation into their daughter's disappearance....

The Football Association says a headline in The Sun about England manager Roy Hodgson's manner of speech was "in poor taste".

Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch's The Scream becomes the most expensive art work sold at auction as it is bought in New York for $119.9m (£74m).

BEIJING (AP) -- A blind activist said Wednesday that U.S. officials told him that Chinese authorities would have beaten his wife to death had he not left the American Embassy, where he sought sanctuary after fleeing persecution by local officials in his rural town....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Republican Missouri House member has publicly announced he's gay and is calling on GOP leaders to end legislation that would limit discussion of sexual orientation in public schools....

The Immigration Services Union (ISU) is set to go on a strike next Thursday in a row over pensions, joining members of the Public and Commercial Services Union.

DETROIT (AP) -- Unions angry that Detroit is trying to mend its financially-battered books by laying off hundreds of workers and imposing steep contract concessions on those who remain are considering an illegal strike....

For the middle class, going to college has become more about jobs and less about self-enrichment, says Stephen Trachtenberg

BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.N.'s observer mission in Syria was caught up in a burst of violence Tuesday captured on video, with a roadside bomb damaging its cars just minutes after witnesses said regime forces gunned down mourners at a funeral procession nearby....

One million of the fifteen million premature babies born each year die, suggests a report led by the WHO.

The daughter of a Coleraine pensioner who died after confronting a burglar tells of her family's devastation at the killing.

First Minister Alex Salmond has refused to say whether he was the victim of phone hacking as he faced more questions in Holyrood on links with Rupert Murdoch.

ATLANTA (AP) -- While a black preacher told about 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Morgan stood to one side of the May Day demonstrators, holding a large sign that read "Radical Queers Resist."...

A teenager with a history of violence admits murdering a 13-year-old boy in Kilmarnock.

NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney is spending nearly $4 million on ads in nine battleground states....

While the rest of the United Kingdom waded under an April that was wetter, duller and colder than usual, Northern Ireland bucked the trend.

NEWARK, N.J. — A woman whose own skin is deeply bronze-colored from regular visits to a tanning salon has been accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth in violation of state law, burning the girl's skin.

Through her attorney, Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley, entered a plea ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- An organ donation group says more than 100,000 people used a new Facebook feature the first day to declare they are donors....

CAIRO (AP) -- Suspected supporters of Egypt's military rulers attacked predominantly Islamist anti-government protesters outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo Wednesday, setting off clashes that left 11 dead as political tensions rise three weeks before crucial presidential elections....