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The death of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was awful enough for his parents. Then came the doubts about investigators' conclusion that it was an accident.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei

Russian media reports that Edward Snowden's father, Lonnie Snowden, has arrived at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean state media has confirmed that the nation's hard-line military chief was replaced only a few months after his appointment.     

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's transport minister got some advice from his mother when she learned he was going to bike the chaotic streets of Bangkok to open a bicycle campaign: "Bring your ID card. In case you get run over...

Conversations with a number of Democratic leadership staffers, on both the House and Senate sides, suggest that as the partial shutdown grinds on, Democrats continue to believe that time is on their side -- not least bec...

Dreamliner flight to Japan returns to San Diego because of deicing system error message     

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution Thursday aimed at helping end near-anarchy in the violence-wracked Central African Republic, which it says is threatening stability in the v...

Obese prisoner at Guantanamo lockup appeals for release; not only detainee in ill health     

Months after a nationwide manhunt helped authorities track down kidnapped California teen Hannah Anderson, she's revealing new details about her conversations with the man who allegedly held her hostage.

The United Nations was charged in a lawsuit with gross negligence in Haiti's cholera epidemic, and accused by an anticorruption organization of oversight lapses in its own peacekeeping operations.     

Sunrise, Fla., Police use a controversial tactic to lure potential buyers.     

And an investigation finds the Cleveland kidnapper's death may have been due to "auto-erotic asphyxiation"

Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned as Detroit's mayor in 2008 was handed a 28-year jail sentence on Thursday for corruption.      

Amateur Somali actors from Minn. play real-life pirates in hijacking drama 'Captain Phillips'     

US unemployment benefit applications spike to 374,000 due to California backlog, shutdown     

Snowden's Dad Goes on a Russian Recon Mission

In typically collected fashion, Formula One's triple world champion Sebastian Vettel is taking each race as it comes.

Afghan official: Preparations underway to secure meeting of elders on deal with US     

National parks lose 715,000 visitors a day

The U.S. aid cuts won't hurt that badly, as a host of oil-rich Gulf nations are pouring money into the country to prop up its military-backed government