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May 11, 2013 - 10:55am
1 week 5 days ago

OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) — Autopsies have been completed on two teenage brothers who were reported missing in northwest Ohio this week and found dead after a third teen directed authorities to their bodies.

Authorities aren't releasing the results as they continue their investigation and weigh whether to file more charges against a teen who pleaded not guilty to a grand theft auto charge Friday in juvenile court.

The two who were found dead— 14-year-old...

May 11, 2013 - 10:52am
1 week 5 days ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

THE CASE

Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't properly investigate Dr. Conrad Murray, who a criminal jury convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson...

May 11, 2013 - 10:43am
1 week 5 days ago

DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.

The recall affects 2005 to 2010 Grand Cherokees and 2006 to 2010 Commanders.

U.S. safety regulators say cracks in a circuit board can cause a faulty signal as the SUVs are being started. If the vehicles shift into neutral they can roll away.

Chrysler says the problem has caused 26 crashes and two...

May 11, 2013 - 10:31am
1 week 5 days ago

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When he was hired in 2010 as chef at Virginia's historic Executive Mansion, Todd Schneider came with celebrity cachet, claiming connections to cooking world stars such as Martha Stewart and Paula Deen. And when a cable channel toured the governor's mansion, Schneider was cast as co-star to first lady Maureen McDonnell, showing off the gardens he tended and the kitchen he ran.

Schneider served a platter of oatmeal, raisin and granola cookies to the...

May 11, 2013 - 9:49am
1 week 5 days ago

Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare.

Now, for the women freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery - from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring re-entry into a world much different from the one they were snatched from a decade ago.

Therapists say that with extensive...

May 11, 2013 - 9:45am
1 week 5 days ago

Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday in a historic vote despite a series of violent attacks that has killed over 130 people in recent weeks.

It is the first time in the nation's history that an elected government is fulfilling its term and handing over power to another. Pakistan has seen three military coups.

Here are some images from regions across the nation on election day.

May 11, 2013 - 9:08am
1 week 5 days ago

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) — Army civilian personnel specialist Tracey Leven recalls the time she tried to use a breast pump to express milk in a military office years ago. Instead of "breast pump in use," she was required to put a sign on the door reading, "occupied." That didn't stop two male soldiers from using their keys to open the locked office.

"They were surprised. I was covered up, so there wasn't any kind of issue," said Leven, a 29-year-old who works at...

May 11, 2013 - 8:55am
1 week 5 days ago

What can 9 out of 10 Americans agree on? Survey says: not much.

That's partly because the big polls such as Pew, Gallup and the General Social Survey are designed to explore differences, not to document what unites the United States. Still, a few questions discover 90 percent agreement, or close to it.

Americans nearly all:

—believe in God.

—are very patriotic.

—consider preventing...

May 11, 2013 - 8:52am
1 week 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Can we agree on this? Americans still think alike much of the time even if our politicians don't.

To get heads nodding, just say something worrisome about the economy or dismissive of Washington. Almost all Americans consider themselves very patriotic, believe in God, value higher education and admire those who get rich through hard work.

Not much argument there.

But here's the oft-overlooked truth: Even some...

May 11, 2013 - 8:32am
1 week 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room.

President Barack Obama and his family were not affected by the incident, according to the White House.

U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said that at about 7 a.m., smoke was seen coming from a mechanical room closet on the first floor.

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