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SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) — A pair of ospreys has quieted a fire alarm in one New Jersey shore town, and that has ruffled some feathers in the fire depar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats opened the door Tuesday to participating in a special panel's investigation of the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen media organizations challenged the government's ban on the use of drones by journalists Tuesday, saying the Federa...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending technical experts to aid the Nigerian government's search for nearly 300 teenage girls who were kidnapp...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of the Russian dissident punk group Pussy Riot came to the Capitol Tuesday and asked members of Congress to add 16 offic...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal sc...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Booming production of oil and natural gas has exacted a little-known price on some of the nation's roads, contributing to a s...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A carabiner is the only piece of equipment investigators have found that failed in a circus accident in which eight aerial acr...

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Cornealious "Mike" Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States attempts to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Treasury Department is deploying an economic weapon t...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — This seaside city thought it had the perfect solution the last time California withered in a severe drought more than two...

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...