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A Chinese journalist jailed for eight years for leaking government restrictions on reporting is now free.

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police have arrested 16 people accused of blackmailing companies by pretending to be Communist Party or government officials and threatening to post damaging information about them online, a state...

Tokyo's triumphant bid for 2020 games a chance for Japan to revive sagging economy, spirits     

Afghan officials accuse NATO of killing 15 people, nine of them civilians, in an airstrike in the Kunar province.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's opposition says it will boycott the opening session of parliament and continue carrying out street protests now that the election victory of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party h...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Spring's threats of nuclear war have given way to a summer of mini-breakthroughs on the Korean Peninsula. But scratch the surface and Pyongyang's charm offensive seems more about money than any...

Study: E-Cigs Are Effective for Smoking Cessation

MIAMI (AP) -- A tropical depression has formed off Africa and is moving west.     

Yves Michael Scott wound up at the Miami Gardens facility after he was previously accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl.

An 18-year-old high school graduate was shot and killed in Colorado by a close family friend in a "prank that went bad," according to the victim's father.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury has a broken right foot, leaving the AL East leaders without a key offensive catalyst as they try to wrap up the division title.     

Depeche Mode brought its brand of synthesizer pop to Barclays Center in Brooklyn.     

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- A judge interpreting a colonial-era law has ruled that cross-dressing is a criminal offense only if it's done for an "improper purpose" such as prostitution, but the partial victory has frustra...

Vine, Twitter's micro-video social network, is perhaps the best form of entertainment for Generation Distraction. With a limit of 6 seconds per video, it's easy for viewers to absorb a diverse array of content in just a ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Hospitals this month will feel relief when they receive nearly $500 million from the state, but the payments don't provide a remedy for higher taxes that hospitals are paying and lower reimburseme...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Sunday that he plans to step down at the end of the year.     

Some people will do just about anything to get a photo of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" filming, as proven by one double-decker tour bus driver Saturday in front of the Chicago Board of Trade building.     

A 15-yard penalty for a late hit set up a Jets field goal with two seconds left, giving quarterback Geno Smith a victory in his N.F.L. debut.     

Stephen Strasburg got past a shaky start and pitched six innings to earn his first victory in nearly a month as the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 6-4 on Sunday.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Tom Brady overcame a sloppy start with his new group of receivers to produce what's become a familiar finish.     

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration quietly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 for the National Security Agency to search deliberately for Americans' communications in its huge databases of intercepted ...

At least 18 people dead after vigilantes fight off members of armed group attacking town in Borno state.