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Voters were choosing Atlanta's new mayor Tuesday in a decision likely to break down along racial lines, as a white city councilwoman faced a black former state senator. Read More

A man who loaned money to friends despite his own financial troubles was killed along with his wife in their trailer home over the weekend, jolting this community that is home to about 70 people and only a couple of paved roads. Read More

A lone officer on patrol in the middle of the night Tuesday spotted a stolen car, its hood up and engine running, and pulled over to check it out. As the patrolman sat in his cruiser, a burly man with a large mole on his cheek came up from behind. Read More

Baltimore's mayor was convicted Tuesday on a single charge of taking gift cards from a program intended for the city's poor children and using them to buy electronics, including an Xbox video game system. Read More

The federal government is making available $280 million for street cars and other public transportation projects aimed at creating jobs and more walkable, environmentally friendly communities. Read More

Federal authorities in Colorado are reviewing a 2002 file on a Muslim cleric who communicated with the shooting suspect at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Read More

The 14 Connecticut firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court have had their promotions approved by New Haven's Board of Fire Commissioners. Read More

A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti after a jury failed to reach a verdict against the son of the notorious Gambino crime family mob boss _ the case's fourth hung jury in five years. Read More

A school counselor suffering an apparent heart attack died in a Philadelphia emergency room after waiting nearly 80 minutes for help _ and a trio of homeless drug addicts nearby stole his watch instead of seeking aid, police said. Read More

Nearly 1 in 6 undercover officers in the nation's largest police department has been mistaken for a criminal by fellow officers _ and has come face-to-face with a loaded gun. Read More

The mother of an Iranian-American scholar facing espionage charges in Tehran is urging the Iranian government to release her son. Read More

New laws passed in 25 states are making it easier for social networking giants Facebook and MySpace to purge their membership lists of convicted rapists, gropers and child molesters. Read More

The Missouri Supreme Court overturned a man's death sentence Tuesday because his attorney failed to question the character of a murder victim who had child pornography on his computer. Read More

A mother and her two teen daughters killed in a holiday weekend shooting in Kansas are being mourned in the town they called home for just over one year. Read More

A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti after a jury failed to reach a verdict against the son of the notorious Gambino crime family mob boss — the case's fourth hung jury in five years. Read More

The former U.S. ambassador to Iraq says a change in strategy in Afghanistan along with plans to send 30,000 additional troops there are essential if the U.S. wants to succeed after eight years of war. Read More

Newly released documents in lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., show that then-Bishop Edward Egan was combative with lawyers for victims of alleged abuse by priests _ and thought it "marvelous" so few priests had been accused of abuse. Read More

More than three years after Congress ordered stepped-up monitoring of sex offenders, only one state has adopted the government's strict new requirements, and some others are weighing whether to ignore the law and just pay a penalty. Read More

President Barack Obama's aunt buried her face in her hands and sobbed as she described her anguish over no longer having contact with him and his family after the revelation she had been living illegally for years in the United States in public housing. Read More

A registered sex offender attacked 14 women and killed 11 of them, leaving their remains in and around his home, a prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing a grand jury indictment against the suspected serial killer. Read More