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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday to talk to attorneys about an issue with a juror and sent the panel home after six days of deliberations with a stern warning not to talk about the case....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday to talk to attorneys about an issue with a juror and sent the panel home after six days of deliberations with a stern warning not to talk about the case....

The bloodshed in Syria has spilled over the border into neighbouring Lebanon, fuelling fears of a return to the sectarian violence seen the past.

Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson of California was the 1,974th U.S. death and the 3,000th overall coalition death, according to CNN's count.

Roger Tory Peterson's "A Field Guide to the Birds" has set the standard since 1934. But has a new generation of birding guides finally knocked him off his perch? Laura Jacobs reviews.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Visibly pained, Vice President Joe Biden recalls the wrenching sorrow of losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Visibly pained, Vice President Joe Biden recalls the wrenching sorrow of losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972....

A man who claims he was forced to work for a family of travellers in Hampshire tells a court he felt "scared" of them.

A woman passenger in a car has died and two other people are seriously injured following a crash involving two cars near the lake in Bala, Gwynedd.

State Journal-Register | Illinois bill proviso wants to allow police to record audio of citizens in public with no warrant.

An essay on the phenomenological ontology of racial preferences.

A large wild fire breaks out on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides and is threatening two cottages on the north west of the island.

One of the final opinion polls ahead of Ireland's referendum next week on whether to ratify the EU Fiscal Treaty suggests it is likely to be a 'yes' vote.

The Olympic flame has arrived in the Welsh capital Cardiff on day one of its tour of Wales.

Apple's boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giant's upcoming dividend.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls allies to back its presidential candidate in a likely run-off against Hosni Mubarak's last PM to "save" the uprising.

BONN, Germany (AP) -- Another round of U.N. climate talks closed Friday without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor....

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed some of the articles in the controversial forest code, which environmentalists say could speed up deforestation.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed 12 articles of a controversial forest bill approved by Congress last month, which was promoted by the powerful agriculture lobby but slammed by environmentalists.

Reuters | Zombie bank Citigroup claims big loss after Facebook pump and dump scheme.