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The families of three American hikers accused of espionage by an Iranian prosecutor say the allegations are untrue and that their loved ones should be freed. Read More

Advocates for same-sex marriage are hitting New York's state capital hard, trying to sway the few votes needed for final legislative approval of the bill in a special session Tuesday. Read More

A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups say they have filed a suit against two federal agencies to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside Yellowstone National Park in search of food. Read More

The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk, a hospital spokesman said Monday, but it's unknown when investigators might take advantage of his improving health to press forward with their probe into the shooting spree. Read More

Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places. Read More

Authorities are investigating whether a man whose home and yard harbored the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas. Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for an immediate resumption of peace talks with Palestinians and pledged more steps to improve economic conditions in Palestinian areas. Read More

Authorities say a suspicious object found outside an East Los Angeles courthouse was not a bomb. Read More

An NYPD lieutenant who committed suicide was treated by his superiors as if he had done something wrong and was afraid he might be prosecuted for ordering officers to use a stun gun on a man who fell to his death, the lieutenant's widow said Monday. Read More

Defense attorneys for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart say testimony by experts in Mormon fundamentalism and religious extremism is irrelevant and shouldn't be allowed at a hearing to decide his mental competency. Read More

Two videos produced by Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network have been found in the home of a Chicago man accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, federal prosecutors said. Read More

The man accused in the Halloween-night shooting death of a Seattle policeman remains hospitalized, and authorities were expected to talk more about why they believe the suspect is a domestic terrorist who held a grudge against law enforcement. Read More

Army Staff Sgt. Chris N. Staats Read More

Routine daily visits by the public at Fort Hood, Texas, have been suspended as the post tightens security following a deadly shooting spree. Read More

Army Spc. Paul E. Andersen Read More

A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis has been returned to Vienna's Jewish community. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. Read More

When James D. Martin was shot dead seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in suburban Washington, it got little attention on the nightly news. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block execution of Beltway sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. Read More

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have canceled February appearances in Los Angeles and New York because a promoter wrongly billed the events as debates. Read More