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NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery ...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday - the wife with a broken back and neck - ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We ...
MUNICH, Germany - German educators sharply criticized Catholic church officials for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal even as more alledged victims ...
The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas' hold on the territory.
John Holmes also warned ...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of ...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed ...
SANTIAGO, Chile - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A homemade bomb placed outside a store in northwestern Pakistan where locals watch movies exploded, killing four people, including a child, ...
LAS VEGAS - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Nevada law that bars legal brothels that operate in some of the state's ...
WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan was a long-time thorn in the side of former president George W. Bush, famously camping out in front of his ...
ATLANTA - A 12-year-old circus zebra that caused a stir when he escaped from an animal compound and ran through downtown Atlanta last month ...
ATHENS - Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of ...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step ...
ROME - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic ...
