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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PST
Celebrating Veterans Day halfway around the world, President Barack Obama is saluting the bravery of U.S. troops who fought in the Korean War.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PST
The father of a black student has sued a Detroit-area school district over a fifth-grade teacher's reading aloud from a book about slavery.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:50 PM PST
A report by U.N. experts saying North Korea is exporting banned nuclear and missile technology to Iran, Syria and Myanmar has been sent to the Security Council after China dropped its objections, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:40 PM PST
A New York man looking to buy drugs misdialed and got the sheriff's "Crime Stoppers" line instead. Erie County Sheriff's Detective Alan Rozansky said he got a call around noon on Monday and answered with his usual "Crime Stoppers." The caller apparently didn't hear that and told Rozansky he was looking "to score" drugs.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:40 PM PST
The 19-year-old "Barefoot Bandit," who is accused in a two-year string of thefts from Washington state to the Caribbean, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:14 PM PST
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel plans to make official this weekend what everyone already knows: He's running for mayor of Chicago.

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST
A top federal official says websites where consumers will be able to shop for health insurance are a lynchpin of the nation's new health care law and have a history of conservative support.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PST
A Boston man has been accused of carjacking a wedding limousine at a church and ordering the bridesmaids to get out -- but they kept it a secret until the wedding was over.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:40 PM PST
A Tennessee lawmaker likened illegal immigrant births to rats multiplying in remarks while he questioned officials at a legislative committee hearing.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PST
A Nebraska doctor says he plans to open new clinics in other states to ensure he can continue performing late-term abortions after his state banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST
A federal prosecutor told a jury Wednesday that five Somali men attacked a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa after mistaking it for a merchant ship, while defense attorneys said their clients are innocent fishermen who were abducted and forced into piracy under threat of death.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST
The National Women's Law Center filed complaints against 12 school districts Wednesday alleging they failed to offer equal opportunities for female athletes.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST
The FBI has appointed an official who once was the agency's on-scene commander in Afghanistan as the new assistant director for the counterterrorism division at FBI headquarters.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:40 PM PST
The family of a 13-year-old Phoenix boy who was gunned down while on a morning jog in what police are calling a random act is pleading for the public's help finding the killer.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:10 PM PST
An appeals court says a groundbreaking case misapplied a New York state anti-terrorism law to a killing that reflected "ordinary street crime, not terrorism."
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 01:40 PM PST
The University of South Carolina has agreed with the Justice Department to revise its policies to better deal with student complaints of discrimination and harassment.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PST
A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty in the 2004 rape and murder of a 3-year-old Illinois girl whose father was wrongly accused in the crime and later won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PST
Attorney General Eric Holder says the Obama administration is close to making a decision on where to hold a trial for professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.