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CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police say 12 people, including a 3-year-old, were injured when someone opened fire on people in a park on the city's southwest side.     

Mexico victims recount horror of mudslide that buried village; death toll rises to 97     

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Strongest storm this year will hit Tawian and China

Officials say attack in country's northeast by fighters disguised in army uniforms left 87 people dead.

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Head rescuer says US stunt pilot who crashed into lake in northeast China is probably dead     

Mexico arrests police officer in killings of 12 young people kidnapped from bar     

The Common Link Between Snowden and D.C. Shooter

Hundreds of survivors from blaze, which claimed at least 112 lives, fail to secure medical and financial help in shadow of Rana Plaza collapse

Polls open to elect new parliament, but critics say real powers lie with absolute monarch King Mswati III.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela complained Thursday that Washington had barred President Nicolas Maduro from flying through U.S. airspace and prohibited a general from later accompanying him to the United Nations. �...

A call to a hotel where the Navy Yard gunman was staying just days before the shooting suggests that his employer had deep concerns about his state of mind and raises questions about his clearance to work at bases.   �...

Authorities say suburban NY animal control officer kept hundreds of snakes at his home     

The treaty will enter into force on the 14th of October; one month after Syria deposited its instrument of accession [when they agreed in writing to abide by the Chemical Weapons Convention]. And then Syria has one month...

Residents of flood-ravaged Colo. town allowed back for belongings, get first glimpse of damage     

Police trying to determine who caused crash that hurt 3 kids, father at bus stop in Las Vegas     

New York artist T.J. Wilcox filmed a panoramic scene over the course of one day from his studio roof in Lower Manhattan. Now he's got a Whitney exhibit.     

Giuliani sounds alarm on significance

Johnson, Freeman homer, Braves beat Cubs 9-5 to reduce magic number to 1     

Oracle CEO Ellison's pay drops 18 percent to $78.4 million in latest fiscal year     

Conn. students forced to re-enact slavery, pretend to work in cotton fields, complaint says