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Muslim leaders in New Jersey say they are angry but uncertain what their next step will be after the state's attorney general found that New York City police did not violate any laws in its surveillance of businesses, mosques and student groups in New Jersey.
An Arkansas man assumed the boy wrapped in a blanket on his futon was his sleeping cousin. But hours later he realized it was a 14-year-old boy he didn't know who, police determined Thursday, had been shot while playing with a gun with a friend.
Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to a November referendum to legalize same-sex marriages.
Authorities in New York City say they've cracked a 33-year-old case that helped focus national attention on missing children -- the disappearance of Etan Patz (EH'-tahn payts).
The severity of a fire that swept through a nuclear-powered submarine in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is triggering questions about whether the 22-year-old USS Miami can be salvaged.
A museum exhibit aims to show that where there's beer, there's history. "Beer Here" opens Friday at the New-York Historical Society in New York City. The exhibit traces the history of beer in New York all the way back to drunken Colonial times. The museum makes the case that the state was once the forefront of the American beer scene.
The German mother of a serial arson suspect can be extradited from the United States to face numerous fraud charges, according to a judge's ruling Thursday.
Most people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others.
A federal judge has dismissed criminal charges against an immigration agent who ran a stop sign three years ago while on duty in San Diego County, killing three women.
The General Services Administration executive who was responsible for a lavish, $823,000 conference in Las Vegas is no longer with the GSA, the agency confirmed Thursday.
A thump and then a chorus of screams are heard in an audio recording of an attempted escape from court by a man accused of kidnapping and killing an Alaska barista.
Federal officials overseeing a fast-growing $10 billion children’s disability program have failed to follow up on the progress of 400,000 beneficiaries with behavioral, learning, and mental disorders, allowing their families to receive monthly cash benefits for years even if their conditions have improved, according to a draft government report obtained by the Boston Globe. The report estimated the Social Security Administration might save $9 for every $1 it spends on disability reviews by determining that some children no longer qualify.
Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave.
(heraldsun world)
Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
(telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago.
(dailymail sciencetech)
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