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Stocks edge mostly lower as investors mull the outlook for Federal Reserve's stimulus program     

Bank of England's Carney more rosy on unemployment, raising expectations of earlier rate hike     

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A hostage situation ended tragically in Phoenix, Arizona, with four deaths, including the suspect.

A painting by artist Francis Bacon sold for $142,405,000 on Tuesday, breaking the record as the most expensive piece of art ever auctioned, according to a statement from the auction house.

Advisers warn new German government against introducing national minimum wage     

Toronto City Council seeks to isolate defiant Mayor Rob Ford amid drug scandal     

A Missouri man freed Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned thanked what he described as "an army" of supporters who backed his claims of innocence through nearly a decade behind bars for the death of a newsp...

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) -- An official says eight people were crushed to death when thousands of typhoon survivors stormed a government rice warehouse in the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines.     

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says the State Department intends to designate a Nigerian Islamist militant group as a foreign terrorist organization on Wednesday.     

TACLOBAN, Philippines

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine won't reach pre-recession employment levels for at least four more years despite being poised to have three straight quarters of job increases for the first time since 2007, according to a n...

Sometimes stars want to cringe with embarrassment. Other times, they just want attention.

MADRID (AP) -- Two Chileans and an Italian woman were among five people arrested Wednesday for setting off an explosive device in a cathedral last month, Spain's interior minister said.     

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Bosnia's international administrator accused the country's leaders Tuesday of being more interested in "personal political and financial advantage" than in moving forward with the rest of the regio...

A lawsuit brought by the University of Texas against Ryan O'Neal over a big-bucks Andy Warhol painting of his late flame Farrah Fawcett comes to trial Wednesday with a cast...

DALLAS (AP) -- A Dallas-area man is now facing a possible death sentence after being convicted Tuesday of killing his children's baby sitter to silence her from testifying that he raped her.     

HAVANA (AP) -- Something unusual appears to be happening in Havana.     

2 men arrested in beating death of national champion boxer in Phoenix held on $1 million each     

WASHINGTON -- The US Senate cleared a key hurdle for a bill Tuesday intended to prevent another meningitis outbreak like the one that killed 64 people and infected 751 others after contaminated drugs from a Massachusetts...

On the 50th anniversary of John Kennedy's death, a look back to the beginning -- his marriage to Jackie Bouvier.     

Making money from stolen paintings -- particularly famous ones -- is not a straightforward matter.