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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The single word, “Guilty,” brought a muffled shriek in the gallery of the packed courtroom and tears from Michael Jackson’s family, …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Herman Cain’s rise as a presidential contender was supposed to prove that race didn’t matter in the Republican Party. Cain is fast …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The extreme funk that settled over the U.S. during the summer has eased slightly, but Americans remain gloomy about the economy and …

Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sent to death row 20 years ago as a convicted cop killer, Troy Davis was celebrated as “martyr and foot …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Civil rights lawyers asked a federal judge on Monday to force the New York Police Department to turn over documents about its …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The killing of an American-born cleric in Yemen underscores a re-election reality for President Barack Obama: He may have a string of …

WASHINGTON — Young people immersed in the online world are encountering racist and sexist slurs and other name-calling that probably would appall their parents and …

MIAMI (AP) _ More than a dozen farmworkers want Burger King and Subway to pay back wages they say the companies owe them under a …

ATLANTA (AP) _ Strapped to a gurney in Georgia’s death chamber, Troy Davis lifted his head and declared one last time that he did not …

Leila Lopes, 25, a native of the south central African nation of Angola, won the Miss Universe crown in the annual pageant held Tuesday in …