SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy rescued at the top of a 270-foot waterfall in Washington state says he just wanted to cool off, but soon found himself stuck precariously on a rock for hours as crews tried to reach him....
Posted 1 day 20 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House counterterror chief John Brennan has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for drone attacks or raids, establishing a new procedure to vet both military and CIA targets....
Posted 1 day 20 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Intent on weakening Iran economically, the Senate on Monday approved tough new penalties on the Tehran regime to thwart its nuclear ambitions....
Posted 1 day 22 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man who dressed up as his mother in a bizarre real estate fraud that involved doctoring her death certificate and cashing her Social Security checks for six years after she died was sentenced Monday to more than 13 years behind bars....
Posted 1 day 23 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a year ago took 161 lives, injured hundreds more and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. It also fractured the landscape of the city, and opened the door to a massive rebuilding and recovery operation....
Posted 2 days 49 minutes ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

CHICAGO (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the U.S. is making "diligent progress" on re-opening supply routes from Pakistan to Afghanistan....
Posted 2 days 1 hour ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A man plunged at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls and survived - only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live....
Posted 2 days 1 hour ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Orlando Magic have fired coach Stan Van Gundy after a rocky season....
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NEW YORK (AP) -- "Pink slime" was almost "pink paste" or "pink goo."...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're flying this summer, be prepared to kiss your family goodbye at the gate. Even if they're on the same plane....
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The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity and Democratic appeals for more spending to promote jobs and growth with tax hikes on high-income earners. It mirrors a fight raging in Europe....
Posted 2 days 4 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

Starting Wednesday, Egypt is holding its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak, one of four rulers toppled in the uprisings that began 18 months ago across the Middle East and became known as the Arab Spring. But replacing dictatorships with democracy is proving much harder. Here's where things stand:...
Posted 2 days 5 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

LONDON (AP) -- Her sons were blessed with musical gifts that brought riches and fame. On Monday Barbara Gibb was living a parent's ultimate nightmare - preparing, for the third time, to lay a child to rest....
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A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court won't reduce the $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet....
Posted 2 days 6 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss another man in September 2010; the other fears their son will be sent to prison this week for doing the spying....
Posted 2 days 10 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) -- The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims' relatives relieved and others raising questions about his guilt and whether others went unpunished....
Posted 2 days 14 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- It was a label they sought both to embrace and avoid, a refrain overheard in whispers or uttered bluntly at soccer games, summer camps and national academic competitions: Here come the tornado kids from Joplin....
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says....
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BRANDON, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities say a riot at a privately run federal prison in southwest Mississippi that left one guard dead and five other correctional officers and three inmates injured has been brought under control....
Posted 2 days 16 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tim Duncan scored 21 points, Tony Parker added 17 and the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the final minutes to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 102-99 on Sunday night, closing out the series 4-0 and advancing to the Western Conference finals....
Posted 2 days 16 hours ago - 05/21/12 - Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities....
Posted 2 days 17 hours ago - 05/20/12 - Full Story

HONG KONG (AP) -- Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has agreed to sell half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion....
Posted 2 days 18 hours ago - 05/20/12 - Full Story

BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese conglomerate has announced it will buy U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings for $2.6 billion to create the world's biggest movie theater operator....
Posted 2 days 19 hours ago - 05/20/12 - Full Story

Millions of early risers in Asia turned their attention skyward to view a rare "ring of fire" eclipse as it crossed their skies Monday morning....
Posted 2 days 20 hours ago - 05/20/12 - Full Story