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Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. official said.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among scores of protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant Thursday, the first day of the plant's operation after the expiration of its 40-year license....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Public warnings by critics of Venezuela's government about possible pollution of drinking water has brought a court order that the country's news media must back up any reports on the subject with hard data....

Cyber-illusionist Marco Tempest explains how he fuses magic and technology to create beguiling visual displays.

Conservative leader David Cameron makes a passionate defence of the Union, saying his party will "fight for the UK with everything we've got".

French PM Francois Fillon says there were no grounds for arresting Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah before he shot dead seven people.

DALLAS (AP) -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood....

DALLAS (AP) -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood....

DALLAS (AP) -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood....

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A second incident involving alcohol and violence surfaced Thursday in the background of the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 17 Afghan villagers - a 2008 accusation that he thrust a woman's hand to his crotch and fought with her boyfriend....

Robert Bales, the US soldier suspected of killing Afghan civilians, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, the US Army says.

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee announced Thursday he is stepping down "temporarily" as head of the department, which has been criticized for its handling of the fatal shooting last month of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

The proportion of shops in Britain lying empty hit a new record, a further sign of a difficult start to the year for retailers.

President Obama nominates Korean-born US academic Jim Yong Kim as his surprise choice to head the World Bank, as two other candidates are named.

Investors are using web-based tracker tools to put their money into online scams in the hope of cashing out before the schemes collapse, research suggests.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The federal government knows nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that tap natural gas flows released through the drilling method known as fracking, and needs to step up oversight to ensure they are running safely, government auditors say....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative National Action party....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five years under new Obama administration guidelines....