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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — An expedition to bring back the remaining gold from a steamship that sank in 1857 off South Carolina in one of the nation's wo...

GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) — Firefighters worked through the night and into early Monday to battle a large wildfire that destroyed at least six homes and lef...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police officer was arrested on charges he spray-painted anti-Semitic profanities on cars and buildings in a mos...

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A pilot who had thrilled audiences for decades with acrobatic stunts was killed when his vintage biplane crashed upside-down ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely st...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, t...

NEW YORK (AP) — Target's massive data breach has now cost the company's CEO his job. Target announced Monday that Chairman, President and CEO Gregg St...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the bungled rollout of "Obamacare" to New Jersey gridlock to the hue of John Boehner's tan, all was fair game for President Bar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet f...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copyin...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University foll...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An annual spring party in a Southern California beach town devolved into a riot last month when revelers turned violent, rocking ca...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two troopers in a remote village, the Alaska St...

DETROIT (AP) — A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida jail crippled by an apparent gas explosion was the subject of a five-year investigation that uncovered a facility s...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — From male-only corporate jets to guys' golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive su...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy shrugged off the end of a brutal winter last month, rebounding with the biggest hiring surge in two years and s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday confirmed the first case of an American infected with a mysterious Middle East virus. The man fell ill afte...

SEATTLE (AP) — Ten people were arrested after participants in an anti-capitalist march meandered through downtown Seattle on May Day, vandalizing cars...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Samples of the same drugs used in a botched execution that was stopped after the inmate convulsed and tried to lift his head will...