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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stung by high gasoline costs, outlying suburbs that sprouted in the heady 2000s are now seeing their growth fizzle to historic lows, halting American city dwellers' decades-long exodus to sprawling homes in distant towns....

Mexican troops shoot dead one of the alleged masterminds behind an arson attack on a casino that killed 52 people last year, officials say.

Farewell to the blue and white stripes

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi is unconscious in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A gay student who sued his public high school for prohibiting him from wearing a T-shirt designed to urge tolerance of gays will be allowed to wear the shirt for at least one day....

GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists say a Big Bang machine, where high-energy beams of protons are sent crashing into each other at incredible speeds, is now able to operate at a record new energy level, improving the prospect of scientific breakthroughs....

The Duchess of Cornwall recalls being caught up in Beatlemania, on a visit to a number of Beatles attractions in Liverpool.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they were disobeying his authority to try to impose their own ideas on the church....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they were disobeying his authority to try to impose their own ideas on the church....

England batsman Kevin Pietersen defends his trademark switch-hit shot after a time-wasting row against Sri Lanka.

More than half of secondary schools in England are already an academy or are seeking to become one, says the government.

LONDON (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch's Sky News channel twice authorized its reporters to hack into computers, a potentially embarrassing revelation that could further dent the media tycoon's hope of acquiring full control over satellite broadcaster BSkyB....

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin urged West Virginians to observe a moment of silence Thursday, starting at 3:01 p.m., to mark the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster and the deaths of 29 men.

The powerful April 5, 2010, explosion at the former Massey ...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- They have been beaten, spat at and cursed. Jeered, mocked and ignored....

Rules are being flouted by foreign sellers of Olympic tickets, a BBC investigation reveals.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Nursing student Ahmad Sayeed was sitting in his class at tiny Oikos University when a gunman burst through the back entrance of the lecture hall and held a terrified school receptionist hostage....

Paula Radcliffe insists Britain should get behind their Olympic athletes, even if they were born elsewhere.

US activist group Invisible Children releases a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony.

A scheme to attract young people to the theatre by giving away more than 500,000 tickets had mixed results, suggests a new report.

More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, malware designed to steal personal information.