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NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an increasing number of U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International announced Monday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A surge of executions last year in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen pushed the worldwide total higher than the year before, the global anti-death penalty group Amnesty International announced Monday....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The family and supporters of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin found themselves on the defensive Monday following revelations he had been suspended for marijuana before he was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Police also confirmed a report that the watchman claimed Martin was the aggressor, punching him in the nose and smacking his head on a sidewalk....

The Italian PM's labor market reform shows political courage.

Could hackers bring down the whole net?

How a PoW completed the first 'home run' back to Britain

Four letters that could spell a cure for disease

David Shukman explains what synthetic biology is all about.

Plans are afoot to build a theme park based on the life and times of the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte. Can it be a tourist magnet to rival nearby Disneyland Paris?

TORONTO (AP) -- A ban on brothels puts prostitutes at risk and is unconstitutional, Ontario's top court ruled Monday, in a case that is expected to be appealed to Canada's top court and have ramifications for the country at large....

Why emulate countries with high budget deficits, high unemployment, low birthrates, and weak defense?

A look at the theatrical video design tricks that are transforming the stage.

Josh Kraushaar on gay marriage and black voters' support for President Obama.

Americans worry about competition from China. So do some of its Asian neighbors.

How about a tax code that doesn't discriminate against individual health policies?

World Whisky Day is being celebrated thanks to a University of Aberdeen student who spotted a gap in the market.

What Sergei Magnitsky's brutal death tells us about the Kremlin's leadership.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- To the chagrin of consumer groups, the House gave overwhelming bipartisan approval Monday to two bills easing requirements that President Barack Obama's overhaul of financial regulations impose on some exotic financial instruments blamed for helping trigger the 2008 financial crisis....

There has been a slight deterioration in the Scottish economy's rate of recovery, according to the Lloyds TSB Scotland Business Monitor.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- World leaders and international observers on Monday lauded Senegal's presidential runoff election, saying that the country's peaceful vote and its quick resolution provided hope in a region long beset by coups and strongman rule....