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Mayor Sheila Dixon's misdemeanor fraud conviction fails to meet a key standard necessary for her removal from office, her attorney said Wednesday as the mayor resumed her regular duties a day after the verdict. Read More

New York lawmakers rejected a bill Wednesday that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, disheartening advocates already stung by a similar decision by Maine voters just last month. Read More

A Fort Drum soldier was arrested at a hotel in northeastern Ohio early Wednesday on a warrant charging him in the stabbing deaths of two fellow servicemen at an apartment near the military post in northern New York. Read More

Richard Phillips, the ship captain toasted as a hero after he was taken captive by Somali pirates, ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, some members of his crew now allege. Read More

Google Inc. is launching a new feature to let Californians see the results of climate change. Read More

Harvard University's law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into public service law after graduation, Law School Dean Martha Minow announced this week. Read More

An Army psychiatrist was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood that also injured more than two dozen soldiers and two civilian police officers, military officials said. Read More

There was a list at the door, but the beautifully dressed guest in the chic, red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes wasn't on it. Still, she insisted she was a friend of the host. Not wanting to offend, the staffer at the door waved her in. Read More

Fears that the voracious Asian carp will enter the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to demands that the government close the waterways connecting the lakes and the Mississippi River. Read More

A Marine Corps colonel overseeing a demotion hearing for an officer accused of failing to investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi men, women and children considered Wednesday whether photos of the dead people should be allowed as evidence. Read More

The annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting is ushering in tourist season in the busy holiday shopping district in New York. Read More

A guard at one of South Carolina's maximum security prisons is recuperating in the hospital after he was assaulted by two death row inmates. Read More

Police are investigating whether a high-profile federal prosecutor used his position to get out of a DUI charge after he failed field sobriety tests and refused a breathalyzer, Warwick police Chief Stephen McCartney said Wednesday. Read More

Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday after federal officials concluded the once prevalent species shows signs of rebounding. Read More

Sarah Palin says she supports President Barack Obama's decision to boost the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Read More

Gay service members who reveal their sexual orientations during congressional testimony would be immune from forced discharges under a bill introduced Wednesday, as lawmakers prepare to consider repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military. Read More

A home outside Cleveland where a suspected serial killer once lived was searched by FBI agents and cadaver dogs Wednesday for any remains in addition to the 10 female bodies and skull found at his more recent home nearby. Read More

With twins on the way, Stacey Blackmar and her husband were looking to be prepared first-time parents when they started researching baby products. Instead, they found themselves bewildered with all the choices and information available. Read More

The Army has charged the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting spree with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Read More

A mistrial has been declared for two Los Angeles men accused of spraying bullets into a crowd in a 2006 gang attack that killed a 10-year-old boy and two other people. Read More