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Detente won't change Cuba
Cuban President Raul Castro sent a blunt message to Washington Saturday as the White House works to reverse a half-century of hostility between the U.S. and...
Soviet threat to Santa? No way
The Kennedy Presidential Library wants to remind the world that not even the threat of thermonuclear conflict can stop Santa Claus from making his rounds. The...
N. Korea wants joint investigation
North Korea on Saturday proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious"...
Thief dyes dog's fur
Coco, a reddish-brown pit bull with white markings, went missing from her Southern California home on Thanksgiving. Nearly a month later, she was found and...
Aging white lion euthanized
An aging white lion given to the Cincinnati Zoo by performers Seigfried & Roy had to be euthanized because of age-related health issues. The zoo says Future...
Sony cyberattack muted in Japan
Japan's biggest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, featured a story about Sony Corp. on its website Friday. It wasn't about hacking. It was about the...
Cuba won't change overnight
President Barack Obama says he doesn't expect the reopening of diplomatic relations with Cuba to bring overnight change on the island, a quick end to the...
Drunk driver pleads not guilty
A woman accused of killing four people, including a 6-year-old boy, while running her car into pedestrians outside a church appeared in court Friday cuffed to a...
Ashanti 'shocked' by retrial
R&B star Ashanti says she's "shocked and horrified" at the possibility of being questioned again by a stalking suspect after a New York...
Grey wolves endangered again
A federal judge on Friday threw out an Obama administration decision to remove grey wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list...
Castro silent amid historic change
Everyone in Cuba is talking about the startling turn in relations with the United States, with one notable exception: Fidel Castro. So far, the larger-than-life...
8 children killed in Australia
Update -- Dec. 19 A woman has been arrested for murder in the killings of 8 children in an Australian home. Queensland Police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar...
Parents don't want death penalty
The parents of Colorado theatre shooting suspect James Holmes are pleading for him to be spared the death penalty. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of...
FBI says it has linked Sony hack
The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the North Korean government of being responsible for the devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures...
States challenge pot legalization
Nebraska and Oklahoma on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Colorado's legalization of marijuana unconstitutional, saying the drug is being...
Military fights back after massacre
Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, days after...
Lava on track to hit marketplace
Lava from an active volcano on Hawaii's Big Island slowed slightly but stayed on track to hit a shopping centre in the small town of Pahoa. The molten rock...
Girl to stand trial in stabbing
One of two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in a southeastern Wisconsin park to please a fantasy character known as Slender Man is competent to stand trial...
Extremists blamed for kidnapping
Islamic extremists killed 35 people and kidnapped at least 185, fleeing residents said Thursday of an attack near the town where nearly 300 schoolgirls were...
Cubans hope for better future
Cubans cheered the surprise announcement that their country will restore relations with the United States, hopeful they'll soon see expanded trade and new...






