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Indonesian president says suspected Bali bomb mastermind shot dead by police on Java
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been identified as the man killed in a shootout with police at ...
US woman accused of recruiting jihadists online, agreeing to try to kill Swedish artist
PHILADELPHIA - An American woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing t...
US hospital ship Comfort leaving Haiti as military scales back in quake-ravaged country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The U.S. military hospital ship Comfort has completed its relief mission in Haiti and is heading home. The Comfort has been stationed off the country's coast for seven weeks...
Federal investigators sent to determine cause of reportedly runaway Prius
EL CAJON, Calif. - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged auto...
Dozens of same-sex couples get hitched in DC as nation's capital sees its first gay marriages
WASHINGTON - One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" and kissed after the pastor pronounced them "...
2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in coverup of post-Katrina bridge killings of unarmed people
NEW ORLEANS - A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, a person f...
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan, warns it 'undermines' climate for peace talks
JERUSALEM - Vice-President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed...
Automatic weapons fire breaks out in Nigerian town wracked by Christian-Muslim violence
JOS, Nigeria - Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead. Ner...
Ex-aide to John Edwards narrowly avoids jail in dispute over handling of candidates sex tape
PITTSBORO, N.C. - A former John Edwards aide has narrowly avoided getting sent to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate. Superior Cou...
Janitor opens fire at US university, killing self and 1 supervisor, injuring another
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A university janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally sho...
