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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's ruling military council has warned it will not allow civilians to encroach on the armed forces' extensive business enterprises, in rare comments about its secretive economic interests in the face of increasing demands for public scrutiny....

The search for a missing 4-year-old Arkansas boy ended Wednesday with the discovery of his body in a river, authorities said.

MONS, Belgium (AP) -- Afghan forces will soon start taking charge of security for three-quarters of the nation's 28 million people, NATO's top military commander said Wednesday, a milestone as the country assumes the lead for protecting the majority of its population....

A divided Supreme Court spent this week's final oral argument on health care reform Wednesday examining whether states would be "coerced" by the federal government to expand their share of Medicaid costs by the risk of losing funding if they refused to take part.

Jonny Duddle, the concept artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, is named overall winner of the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Pope Benedict XVI has held a 30-minute meeting with Cuba's revolutionary leader and former President, Fidel Castro.

Justice Kennedy sounds surprisingly like the judge who struck down ObamaCare in toto.

The price of oil falls as a number of key nations discuss releasing reserves to increase supplies and US inventories jump.

A Panamanian teenager who spent 28 days on a boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean returns home after being rescued off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands.

Your pain at the pump is the U.S. Senate's top issue this week. Senate Democrats and Republicans are arguing over a bill that would end billions in tax breaks for large oil companies -- a proposal designed to tap into voter anger over rising gas prices heading into the general election.

CNN's Lizzie O'Leary takes to the road in a simulator to demonstrate the hazards of distracted driving.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Wednesday it had asked Pope Benedict XVI to raise with Cuban officials the case of American contractor Alan Gross, jailed on suspicion of espionage....

An NHS Trust which tried to deduct more than £80,000 from its catering bill because of a day-old chocolate mousse is criticised by a judge.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers tried to persuade a judge Wednesday to throw out a hotel maid's lawsuit against the former International Monetary Fund leader, arguing that he has diplomatic immunity from a civil case that stems from the same sexual assault allegations that were dropped in criminal court last year....

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in the assembly have united against introducing regional pay in Wales despite their UK parties' plans for it outlined in last week's budget.

A flight captain who was restrained after an apparent mental breakdown in mid-air gave no indication he might pose a risk, his airline says.

India puts on hold the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row for his role in the 1995 murder of Punjab's then Chief Minister Beant Singh.

A man in his 40s dies in a collision involving a bus and a car in Omagh, County Tyrone.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Several Roman Catholic priests have testified in a landmark clergy-abuse case, including one who said Wednesday that he found pornography and a lewd letter to a boy in the rectory....