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Francis: don't know when I'll see homeland, but won't go to Argentina before 2016 at earliest     

Five people including three children were injured after a bus crashed into a house in Texas on Friday.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- A gunbattle erupted Saturday when Indian soldiers came under fire by suspected militants while patrolling a mountain village in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said.     

Mother and brother granted visas to visit Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng in US     

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's media says authorities have hanged 16 "rebels" of an unspecified armed group in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan.     

Women in Saudi Arabia plan to demonstrate Saturday against their nation's de facto ban on women driving -- by getting behind the steering wheel.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Days of torrential rains in southeast India have unleashed floods that have blocked roads, halted trains and forced the evacuation of nearly 70,000 people from hundreds of low-lying villages.     

When the U.S. is broke, President Reagan isn't helping the situation any by spending $60 billion to refurbish the old nuclear weapons arsenal in violation of his own pledges to the contrary.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The town of Barre's former tax collector has been indicted on charges that she stole more than $300,000 of the town's money.     

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) -- Madagascar's electoral body says ballots are being counted after the presidential election held Friday to end years of political and economic turmoil since a 2009 coup.     

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Police say a gunman suspected of wounding a federal immigration officer and three local police officers has surrendered after an hours-long standoff in a Sacramento suburb.     

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Activists have posted a video of a woman in Saudi Arabia driving a car, as their campaign urging women in the ultraconservative kingdom to defy a ban on getting behind the wheel kicks off.  ...

A security alert in Lurgan, County Armagh, is causing disruption to train services.

Yandle's diving hustle play sets up Ekman-Larsson's late goal in Coyotes' 5-4 win over Oilers     

he key to this whole thing is that the punishment is just money, and not a crippling amount, and not from any individual's pocket. In fact, the deal that has just been completed between Chase and the state represents the...

Papers say PM's remarks raise questions about HS2's future

Lyndon Institute 26, Bellows Falls Union 21 Champlain Valley Union 19, Rutland 0 Otter Valley Union 49, Mount Abraham Union 0     

Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough 18, Winnisquam 8     

Thousands march on Capitol Hill in Washington to protest US government's mass online surveillance programmes.

A school board in St. Helens, Ore., voted to allow teachers and staff to pack heat on school grounds, an official said     

Be careful, Republicans! Every critique you offer against the ACA rollout is a damning indictment of your own vision for privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Whether you want to call the customer service line at you...

Kell Brook stops Vyacheslav Senchenko in the fourth round to win his IBF welterweight title eliminator in style.