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Sam Smolders tried to enter the U.S. by swimming across the Detroit River from Canada.

Hassan al-Thawadi, the head of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, rejects calls for the tournament to be awarded to another country.

At least one person dies and more than 30 are missing after a fire sweeps through a psychiatric hospital in north-western Russia, officials say.

In today's edition of the "Good Stuff," a beloved dog helps parents in North Carolina suspect their son is being abused.

An Indian court has sentenced four men to death for gang raping and murdering a student in the capital Delhi.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean man abducted by North Korea has escaped and returned home after 41 years, government officials and activists said Friday.     

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine officials say they are negotiating with Muslim rebels holding more than 100 civilians hostage on ending the five-day standoff.     

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) -- Hundreds of multicolored balloons used Thursday to launch a balloonist for a trans-Atlantic crossing look like a page taken from the script of the movie "Up."     

Ashley Dvorkin sits down with singer-songwriter Carson Lueders to discuss his music and jamming with Keith Urban

VIENNA (AP) -- Vienna's a fabled city for spying -- and now its cloak-and-dagger legend has a 21st-century twist.     

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Security officials in Yemen say at least 60 people were killed in weeks of tribal clashes in the country's north.     

Twelve men are arrested over an alleged plot to remotely take control of a bank's computer to steal from the firm.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban militants set off two suicide car bombs in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, triggering a gunbattle with security forces that left at least two A...

Teen gets life in prison for the shooting death of a 13-month old boy in a stroller. WJXT reports.

BEIJING (AP) -- China has sentenced three men to death over a June attack in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang blamed on Islamic extremists in which 24 police and civilians were killed.     

BANGKOK (AP) -- A Thai court on Friday acquitted a man whose own brother accused him of defaming the country's monarch, an extraordinarily grave charge in this Southeast Asian kingdom that is punishable by up to 15 years...

Recalls this week include children's books, dehumidifiers, and toy sets     

Today in show business news: ABC is developing an alternate history series, Woody Allen wins a lifetime achievement award, and Julianne Moore joins the Hunger Games crew.     

Residents in northern Colorado continued to struggle today, as flash floods consumed whole neighborhoods and forecasts warned of more rain to come this weekend. In Estes Park, trapped residents had to zip-line to safety,...

Man hoping to cross Atlantic Ocean with cluster of balloons lands in Newfoundland     

Vornado CEO Steven Roth resigns from board of JC Penney     

Baltimore Grand Prix cancelled in 2014-15 after organizers can't get a date for race