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Bullied bus monitor video goes viral

Jun 21, 2012 / 11:14 am

A bus monitor in New York state who was taunted and verbally abused by middle school students said Thursday that she hopes their parents will view the viral...

Air force plane crashes into homes

Jun 21, 2012 / 6:57 am

An Indonesian air force plane slammed into a military housing complex and ignited a huge fireball Thursday while trying to land in Jakarta, killing all seven...

Pilot rescues 1,000th animal

Jun 21, 2012 / 6:06 am

On a recent June day, Jeff Bennett flew his four-seat plane from the mangrove-dotted Florida Keys, past some angry thunder clouds to the fertile hills of...

Artist LeRoy Neiman dies at age 91

Jun 20, 2012 / 9:00 pm

LeRoy Neiman, the painter and sketch artist best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world's biggest sporting and leisure events with bright quick...

French gunman captured

Jun 20, 2012 / 9:08 am

A French police official says that a gunman who had taken four people hostage in a bank in Toulouse has been captured, and the hostages released. Regional...

A new spy in the sky

Jun 20, 2012 / 7:10 am

The Air Force has launched a rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a top-secret satellite for the United States. The unmanned Atlas V rocket lifted off...

French gunman has hostages in bank

Jun 20, 2012 / 7:03 am

A French prosecutor says that a gunman holding three hostages in a bank in the southern city of Toulouse is doing so for religious reasons. Police say...

G20 discusses European debt

G20 discusses European debt

Jun 19, 2012 / 8:00 pm

President Barack Obama voiced confidence Tuesday in Europe's ability to "break the fever" of its raging debt crisis as he sought to calm both...

'Arms' ship stopped by insurance co.

Jun 19, 2012 / 8:00 pm

A Russian-operated ship said to be carrying military helicopters to Syria appears to have turned back after its British insurer removed coverage for the vessel,...

Mubarak placed on life support

Jun 19, 2012 / 7:00 pm

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was on life support after suffering a stroke in prison Tuesday, deepening the country's uncertainty just as a potentially...

Assange seeks asylum

Jun 19, 2012 / 6:31 pm

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has made a run for the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, seeking asylum in a long shot move that, if successful, would place him in a...

Spray painter adds bullfight to Picasso

Jun 19, 2012 / 4:34 pm

Within minutes of a vandal spray painting a Pablo Picasso painting, Houston museum officials had rushed the valuable artwork into their onsite conservation lab...

Convicted bully released from jail

Jun 19, 2012 / 8:22 am

An Indian-born former university student who was convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man was released from...

Debt crisis deepens in Spain

Jun 18, 2012 / 8:10 am

Spain's ability to manage its debt without an international bailout was thrown into doubt Monday after investors pushed its borrowing rates up to the level...

Art rock of ages found in cave

Jun 18, 2012 / 6:17 am

An archeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28,000 years ago in an...

Ex-PM to face charges in murder case

Jun 18, 2012 / 6:07 am

A top Ukrainian prosecutor says imprisoned former premier Yulia Tymoshenko will be charged in connection with murder, defying strong pressure to end the...

Man beheads daughter over her lifestyle

Jun 18, 2012 / 5:23 am

Police say a man upset over his daughter's lifestyle chopped her head off with a sword and then paraded it through his village before surrendering to...

San Diego wildfire threatens 150 homes

Jun 17, 2012 / 11:10 pm

A wildfire in eastern San Diego County on Sunday forced the evacuation of 150 homes, destroyed one structure and shut down the main road to a casino. The fire...

Roadside bomb hits bus in Pakistan

Jun 17, 2012 / 8:57 pm

A Pakistani police official says a motorcycle bomb has ripped through a university bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing four students and injuring 50 people....

Rodney King, found dead at 47

Jun 17, 2012 / 8:25 pm

Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in...

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