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The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Read More

The mayor of a small Arkansas town says the police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl has been fired for violating department policy _ not for using the Taser but for failing to use the camera attached to it. Read More

A man who claimed to hate Christmas shoved a Salvation Army bell ringer to the ground and swiped one of the charity's red kettles stuffed with hundreds of dollars, police said. Read More

A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern Kansas. Read More

A heavily armed SWAT team stormed a Seattle home Monday where they thought they had cornered the suspect in the slaying of four police officers at a coffee shop, only to find out that he was not in the house and still on the loose. Read More

Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. Read More

Rep. Patrick Kennedy says all people deserve health care because they are "children of God" in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop over abortion and health care. Read More

A convicted sex offender sentenced to life in prison pulled a gun on two guards during a prison transfer Monday and held them hostage temporarily before fleeing on foot in one of the guard's uniforms, authorities said. Read More

Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. Read More

Bill Sizemore, Oregon's high-profile anti-tax activist and Republican candidate for governor, has been indicted on tax evasion charges. Read More

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday called Iran's plans to build an additional 10 uranium enrichment plants "unacceptable," warning they could bring increased international pressure on Tehran. Read More

A federal court hearing to determine if the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart is mentally competent to stand trial began Monday with testimony from an expert on religious texts. Read More

Oklahoma City police have discovered an infant in the back seat of a car buried beneath items they believe were stolen in home burglaries. Read More

Government officials overseeing the construction of a "virtual fence" along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border hope to turn over the first segment to the Border Patrol in January, while beginning construction on a second stretch in coming weeks. Read More

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the retrial of a central Pennsylvania man who allegedly murdered his wife and then shot himself in the head, leaving him delusional and a paraplegic. Read More

In a story Nov. 28, The Associated Press reported that prosecutors Scott Kessler and Wanda Lucibello run family justice centers in Queens and Brooklyn, respectively. The story should have made clear that Kessler and Lucibello run the prosecution arm of the centers, but do not run other nonprofit offices at the centers. The Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence runs the entire centers. Read More

Three boys have been arrested for investigation of bullying red-haired students after a Facebook message promoted "Kick a Ginger Day" at a Southern California school. Read More

A New Jersey prisoner has won a settlement that allows him to preach at services inside the prison. Read More

A motorized bar stool that got an Ohio man arrested for drunken driving goes up for auction this week on eBay. Read More

Elizabeth Kennedy, The Associated Press's bureau chief for East Africa until last month, has been named the news cooperative's chief of bureau in Beirut. Read More