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TONOPAH, Ariz. (AP) -- An Illinois couple who spent a dozen years on the run after fleeing a conviction for running a Ponzi scheme has been captured in a small community west of Phoenix, the U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday....

"The Avengers" have conquered America -- for one weekend, at least. The super hero smorgasbord featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk brought in $200.3 million its opening weekend in 4,300 U.S. theaters to smash the previous domestic record for any movie's first three days, Walt Disney Studios said Sunday in a press release.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Authorities say a man whose body was found early Sunday in a barn at Churchill Downs hours after the Kentucky Derby worked at the racetrack....

An economic forecasting group says unemployment in most parts of the UK will continue to rise over the next five years, despite recent falls.

Asian markets dip on fears that the eurozone may have to rein in austerity measures seen as key to solving the debt crisis.

DALLAS (AP) -- An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him, his family said Sunday....

Engineers in California unleash high-intensity artificial earthquakes on a five-storey building packed with medical equipment

Glossy exercise machines are cropping up in parks. It's the latest bit of government "nudge theory", writes Sophie Robehmed.

After six years away, pop star returns with 'swagger in spades'

How it feels to be the last resident in the road

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- He's a smug, Harvard-trained elitist who doesn't get how regular Americans are struggling these days. More extreme than he lets on, he's keeping his true agenda hidden until after Election Day. He's clueless about fixing the economy, over his head on foreign policy. Who is he?...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, but the trial won't be starting anytime soon, and both sides said Sunday that the case could continue for years....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee....

PARIS (AP) -- France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden - a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years....