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A lost kitten has been rescued from inside a wall at a house in Miami Beach, Florida, US.

BEIJING (AP) -- China and Russia launched joint naval exercises Sunday that highlight warming ties between their militaries and growing cooperation in international affairs....

Fabrice Muamba says his recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest has been "more than a miracle".

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential front-runner Francois Hollande says that if he's elected, he would immediately ask other European leaders to renegotiate the fiscal treaty aimed at reducing debts to include measures to encourage growth....

Removing the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia from the coastal waters off an Italian island will begin in May and take about a year, the ship's owner said.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Schools and businesses were shut in Bangladesh's capital on Sunday as opposition parties enforced a daylong general strike across the South Asian nation....

A 69-year-old Woodborough woman takes accidents in her stride during her Land End to John O'Groats charity walk.

Papers focus on government's "post-Budget blues"

NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....

NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....

NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....

NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz has stretched through decades and countries, from basements to rooftops and seemingly everywhere in between....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz has stretched through decades and countries, from basements to rooftops and seemingly everywhere in between....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz has stretched through decades and countries, from basements to rooftops and seemingly everywhere in between....

France is set to vote in a presidential election amid widespread disaffection caused by the eurozone crisis and high unemployment.

Defendant’s identity is is not suppressible as the product of an unconstitutional arrest. United States v. Medina-Meraz, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55030 (E.D. Mich. April 19, 2012).

Because the vehicle was stolen, officers had probable cause to search it under the automobile exception. United States v. Smith, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55476 (M.D. Ala. April 2, 2012).*

Officers did not violate any expectation of privacy by conducting surveillance of a marijuana patch from open fields on defendant’s own property under Oliver and Dunn. United States v. Hardin, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55364 (S.D. Ga. March 26, 2012).*

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The overnight disappearance of a 6-year-old Arizona girl triggered a massive search Saturday by scores of police, FBI agents and a large contingent of deputy U.S. Marshals as officials investigated the possibility that she was kidnapped or just wandered off....

Patdown of passenger was without reasonable suspicion to believe he was armed. Search suppressed. Westmoreland v. State, 2012 Ind. App. LEXIS 180 (April 17, 2012).

A minor delay in the length of the stop did not make it unreasonable. The conversation while waiting did not extend it. United States v. Ghoston, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55526 (W.D. Tenn. April 20, 2012)*:

So long as the questions do not extend the time of the stop, "an officer may ask unrelated questions to his heart's content, provided he does so during the supposedly dead time while he or another officer is completing a task related to the traffic violation." Everett, 601 F.3d at 492. Agent James asked questions while Trooper Fuller verified the licenses and conducted background checks. This was reasonable under Everett.

BEIJING (AP) -- Her head was ringing from the blows. Once, twice, three times, her husband slammed her face into the living room floor....