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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The White House called for his immediate release....

ROME (AP) -- Several candidates opposed to austerity measures were making a strong showing Monday in partial results from Italy's local elections - the first nationwide test for Premier Mario Monti since he was named to save Italy from its debt crisis....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

On College Hill sits Brown University, with a $2.5 billion endowment ...

MSNBC | "American Aid worker kidnapped last summer in Pakistan resurfaced Monday morning in a video released by al-Qaida."

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Evidence is being presented to a judge who will decide whether two California police officers should stand trial on charges of killing a mentally ill homeless man they stopped while investigating a report of car burglaries....

Houston Chronicle | The petition calls for a nationally televised GOP presidential debate in Houston on Thursday, May 24.

A shareholder seeking the dismissal of Yahoo's chief executive demands the internet firm hand over documents relating to his recruitment.

The attorney for a 101-year-old billionaire donor whose money is at the center of John Edwards' corruption trial told jurors Monday that his client knew the hundreds of thousands of dollars she gave the former U.S. presidential candidate was not a campaign contribution.

Infowars.com | Ground up dead baby fetuses... just business as usual.

WND.com | Article shows Facebook is a public haven for pedophiles.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 suicide kits has been sentenced in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns....

People affected by the drug thalidomide urge the government to agree to a permanent financial settlement to help meet their rising healthcare costs.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court reversed its demand that the Veterans Affairs Department dramatically overhaul its mental health care system....

Alexander Higgins Blog | Was the US army responsible for the death of Pvt. LaVena Johnson? Watch the video and judge for yourself!

NY Post | Ex-cop sentenced to 75 years for drunkenly pulling his gun on a young schoolteacher and repeatedly sexually violating her.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The leader of the Greek conservative party that gained the most votes in parliamentary elections said Monday his efforts to form a coalition government with other parties had failed, raising the possibility of a new election next month....

Bedouin free 10 Fijian members of an international peacekeeping force who were briefly detained in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.

Reuters | Many Russians feel disenfranchised two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed.

Three men fall to their deaths from Thailand's tallest building when a cable supporting their platform breaks, police say.