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Gunman shoots 3 at Phoenix office
Police in Arizona's biggest city say three people have been shot at an office complex. Their conditions are unknown and there is no suspect in custody....
Beware of roaming cows
The vandals that damaged a U.S. cemetery this week have pleaded "moo." Police say a small herd of cows knocked over 40 flags and veterans' grave...
Man shoots bus driver and takes child, 6
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - Police teams swarmed a rural U.S. property Wednesday where a man accused of fatally shooting the driver of a school bus and fleeing with a...
Sen. John Kerry to succeed Clinton
Sen. John Kerry has spent the past four years acting as an unofficial envoy for President Barack Obama, tamping down diplomatic fires around the globe. Now...
Sludge down under - Australia drains
Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged thousands of homes and...
Boy Scouts may end ban on gays
The Boy Scouts of America's proposed move away from its no-gays membership policy has outraged some longtime admirers, gratified many critics and raised...
Who stole the golden cookie?
BERLIN - Missing: One golden cookie, weighing around 44 pounds (20 kilograms). Suspect: The Cookie Monster? The rectangular gilded bronze sculpture was...
Syrian activists find 65 bodies
Syrian activists say at least 65 bodies, some of them with their hands tied behind their back, have been found on a river bank in the northern city of Aleppo....
Tightrope walker crosses Florida freeway
Famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walked on a wire 200 feet (61 metres) over U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Fla., without a safety harness. The circus performer and...
Rare nickel likely to fetch millions
A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted. The 1913...
Boy Scouts to consider gays
Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signalling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or leaders and...
Indonesia rescues 22 asylum seekers
Indonesia has rescued 22 Sri Lankans after their ship stranded off southern Java Island while apparently sailing for Australia to seek asylum. Two died and one...
Thousands of Australian homes flooded
Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters Tuesday as torrential rains flooded cities and towns in the northeast, killing four people and prompting around...
Ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide
A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder,...
Only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub
The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a...
Iran sends monkey into space
Iran said Monday it has successfully sent a monkey into space, describing the launch as another step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight....
Arrest made in Brazil fire that killed 233
Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people....
Senators rewrite immigration legislation
A bipartisan group of senators has reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. The deal being...
Egypt declares emergency, curfew
Egypt's president declared a state of emergency and curfew in three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by a weekend wave of unrest that left more than 50...
Obama, Hillary have '60 Minutes' love-in
Hatchet deeply buried, U.S. President Barack Obama and his political nemesis-turned-ally, Hillary Clinton, made a friendly joint appearance on CBS's...