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Two women and three men that were working for an aid group were kidnapped in a remote area of Afghanistan this week, authorities said.

One of two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius claimed he was beaten and forced to sign a confession, the trial jury is told.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker....

NEW YORK (AP) -- As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes....

NEW YORK (AP) -- As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes....

The RAC has reported an increase in the number of people accessing the internet behind the wheel using their mobile phones.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters into the death chamber to his final heartbeat....

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters into the death chamber to his final heartbeat....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Barack Obama last month and engaged in reckless, "morally repugnant" behavior, Sen. Susan Collins says....

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia....

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia....

Nancy Reagan is recovering from a number of broken ribs after a fall in March, a representative for the former first lady said Tuesday.

BIR ZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank....

HOUSTON (AP) -- The Astrodome was once the envy of other cities, a fully air conditioned facility with a translucent roof that kept out the heat and humidity, gave synthetic grass its name, made Houston a sports entertainment destination and sparked the imaginations of baseball lovers, concert-goers and some of the country's most creative minds....

America's executions have changed dramatically over the years, morphing from daylong events in the town square to somber and tightly controlled affairs held deep inside prisons....

PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family....

It took me too long to understand that business's desire for profit is a good thing.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a Senate race that Democrats had all but conceded....

MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a Senate race that Democrats had all but conceded....