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Households owed smaller amounts in 2011 than the previous year but faced a "tide" of difficulties in paying back these debts, a report suggests.

Detainees in Syria's prisons are routinely and systematically tortured in what amounts to crimes against humanity, says Amnesty International.

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The state rested Tuesday after witnesses in a wrongful death lawsuit testified that Virginia Tech officials acted properly on April 16, 2007, when a lone gunman killed 32 on the Blacksburg campus and then himself....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Break out the beach towels, flip-flops and baseball bats: Warm weather is arriving early across much of the U.S., even in northern states where perplexed residents are swapping their snow shovels for golf clubs....

LONDON (AP) -- Former News International executive Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie were arrested in dawn raids that also netted four other suspects in the spreading phone hacking scandal....

LONDON (AP) -- Pressing to save his job, Britain's culture secretary said Friday he will disclose all the texts and emails he sent to a special adviser who resigned amid questions over too-close contacts the government may have had with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A matchmaking recruiter accused of helping to run a big-money brothel turned herself in Tuesday to face a criminal charge - and a growing media frenzy surrounding the case....

Campaigners are fighting to save a theme-pub called 'The Hobbit', which its landlady claims has been threatened with legal action by US movie lawyers.

As Somali piracy grows as a threat for vessels sailing in the Gulf of Aden, an increasing number of ships are using armed security teams to protect themselves.

New study: 27% of student borrowers have past due balances.

Calling the corporate welfare roll.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A charitable marketing program that paid homeless people to carry Wi-Fi signals at South By Southwest has drawn widespread debate at the annual Austin conference and around the country....

The industry sends more money to Washington than to shareholders.

Steven Gerrard says Liverpool must use their victory over Everton to end the inconsistency that has plagued their season.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- Should we build it, and would they come?...

A UK woman who was given PIP breast implants that went on to rupture has had their £3,700 cost refunded by her credit card provider.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Members of the ascendant rock band Alabama Shakes can tell you all about buzz in the 21st century....

The evidence mounts that the health law won't make care more efficient or more affordable.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. warned Tuesday that Sri Lanka risks renewed conflict unless it addresses war crimes allegations, while rights groups said that abuses by security forces continue, three years after fighting against Tamil rebels ended....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. warned Tuesday that Sri Lanka risks renewed conflict unless it addresses war crimes allegations, while rights groups said that abuses by security forces continue, three years after fighting against Tamil rebels ended....