VoteKansas.org

BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida was sentenced Thursday to 17 1/2 years in prison after giving an impassioned speech in which he declared his love for Islam and said, "This is not terrorism; it's self-defense."...

David Cameron says economic sanctions against Burma should be suspended in recognition of the changes taking place in the country.

Thriller The Cabin in the Woods comes out on Friday, but many are avoiding the spoiler-tastic trailer. So are Are today's teasers spoiling films?

The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot Thursday at a communications station on an island off Alaska in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide. They have yet to identify a suspect....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot Thursday at a communications station on an island off Alaska in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide. They have yet to identify a suspect....

It emerges that a management plan is being prepared for a marine conservation area in the Sound of Barra.

An organisation which works with asylum seekers in Scotland claims about 140 of them are facing homelessness.

UK parents are suffering a crisis of confidence when it comes to playing with their children, suggests a survey.

Africa has seen some ugly divorces in recent times: Eritrea and Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Now Mali is threatened with partition as a rebellion flares in the north and political uncertainty grips the capital, Bamako. Mali's neighbors and western governments are looking on anxiously as drug traffickers and Islamist groups affiliated with al Qaeda take advantage of the vacuum -- in a region already blighted by hunger, poverty and weak government.

The authenticity of conservative women has always been under attack by radical orthodox feminists...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Explosions blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military sealed off the city's downtown area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister's home, according to a diplomat and witnesses....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Explosions blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military sealed off the city's downtown area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister's home, according to a diplomat and witnesses....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's foreign minister says a North Korean long-range rocket launch has been confirmed a "failure."...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot Thursday at a communications station on an island off Alaska in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide. They said they have yet to identify a suspect....

The Bahrain Grand Prix is to go ahead on 22 April as planned, the motorsport's governing body the FIA says.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers....

George Michael Zimmerman, inmate #201200004452, is living in a cell with 67 square feet of floor space, is allowed to read the Bible and magazines, but has no access to TV, according to officials at the central Florida jail where he is being held.