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By Mark Mueller The Star-Ledger COLTS NECK, N.J. (RNS) The pastor and two youth ministers at a Catholic church where a visiting priest violated a lifetime ban on ministry to children have stepped down from their posts, t...

The officer in charge of the Air Force's sexual assault prevention office has been charged... with sexual assault, for allegedly grabbing a woman's breasts and butt in a parking lot. According to police, the woman fought...

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The FBI says a potential terror attack that it believes was disrupted by a mobile home raid was in its "planning stages" and the target was believed to be in western Minnesota.

Sex sells, and so does panic, apparently. Sales of Maker's Mark bourbon, known for its distinctive red wax seal, soared 44 percent in the first quarter, its best ever, after the distillery announced in mid-February that ...

A bride-to-be celebrating her bachelorette party was among the five people killed when a stretch limousine burst into flames while crossing a San Francisco area bridge, according to reports.

Isabella Rossi is representing Italy at the 2013 G(irls)20 Summit. The Summit brings together one girl, aged 18-20, from each G20 country to look at the G20 Leaders agenda thru the lens of the economic empowerment of gir...

Los Angeles TV newsman and "Rocky III," "Robocop," "Scarface," "Oh, God!" actor Machado dies

Gloucester police today identified the two people who drowned when they were swept into the Atlantic Ocean while walking along the rocky shores of Brace Cove near the Eastern Point Retreat House on Eastern Point. Chief L...

Wouldn't it be great were Elizabeth Colbert Busch to defeat Mark Sanford in the special election for the First District congressional seat in South Carolina? Not really. Steve Breyman explains why a Colbert Busch victory...

The funeral director in charge of finding a cemetery willing to bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev can cross Cambridge, Mass., off his list.

A full ten days after we set off on our four-part tour of the new 3.8% tax on net investment income, we mercifully reach the end with the publishing of Part 4.

Joanne Chesimard may have achieved a new level of notoriety, but she isn't the first female criminal that has led the FBI on a long pursuit.

Prosecutors unveiled charges in Federal District Court in Los Angeles on Monday against Bryan Shaw, a jeweler who has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud after receiving inside information fro...

Raleigh police say couple zip-tied 4-year-old daughter's wrists, ankles to baby gate in home

As expected, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau officially ruled out guard Kirk Hinrich for Monday's opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Miami Heat. He joins Derrick Rose and Luol Deng on the side...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A limousine taking nine women to a night on the town to celebrate a newlywed bride erupted in flames, killing five of the passengers who were trapped inside as the other four escaped with burn and s...

So it turns out Kurtz wasn't exactly fired by The Daily Beast just for his egregious Jason Collins story: Brown had been "putting together a file" of excuses to fire him, and the big gay cover-up heard 'round the media w...

Two weeks after Congress killed off gun control legislation, the National Rifle Association declared victory in Houston at its annual national convention. In a speech, Wayne LaPierre extolled what he portrayed as a diver...

Though statistics on financial exploitation of the elderly are sketchy, advocates say it's a growing problem as the population ages and swindlers get more sophisticated.

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and other Florida Democrats say the state needs to expand Medicaid under a program that would cover another 1 million Floridians using billions in federal money.

A former racehorse learns to paint and may help other track stars find a home.