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Horned, seven-foot-tall Satan statue envisaged for grounds of Oklahoma Capitol

An American imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates after posting a video that parodied Dubai teens will be released this week, a family spokeswoman said Tuesday.

President says agreement reached with world powers to go ahead in spite of continued domestic criticism.

More than 3,900 flights were canceled and another 6,900 were delayed Monday as the 'polar vortex' brought freezing cold to much of the U.S.

Christopher Schaeffer, a Pastafarian minister, was sworn into the Pomfret, N.Y. Town Council last week wearing a colander, the Observer reported on Friday. This new town councilman wore a colander to his swearing in cere...

Maliki calls on tribal leaders in Anbar province to help drive out al-Qaeda-linked fighters to avoid all-out battle.

By Tori Rodriguez(Click here for original article.) Of things better left unsaid, information about your pornography use may not be among them, suggest findings of a recent study in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy...

Most members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicated that storing spent nuclear fuel in pools was safer than moving it, despite concerns about terrorism.     

A federal judge rules that Chicago's ban on virtually all sales of firearms is unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden spoke by phone Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his frequent parliamentary critic, in a show of U.S. angst about escalating, al-Qaida-linked violence in Ira...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A 37-year-old California homeless man's death after a violent confrontation with police drew attention largely because of surveillance video that captured Kelly Thomas screaming for his father a...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Three inmates were beaten to death inside a prison in the resort city of Acapulco on Monday, an attack linked to a shootout inside another penitentiary last week that left 10 people dead.     

American Airlines begins changes for customers after merger with US Airways     

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) -- Roger Williams University students are studying an increasing amount of seaweed off a popular beach in Middletown that was blamed for high bacteria counts last July.     

Cocaine haul ends up in German supermarkets after smugglers make 'logistical error'     

Jenny Lauren, niece of designer Ralph Lauren, appears in Irish court on 'air rage' charges     

Gay couples' rush to marry in Utah grinds to halt after US Supreme Court issues stay     

An Indian state is planning to shift its clock an hour ahead of the rest of the country

I landed in Beijing on a December afternoon after a conference in Japan. Walking on the air bridge, I looked out of the window and noticed that it was dark.

Financial ties between Obama administration, loan receipts

The railroad suffered a year of problems, including four passenger deaths and more than 70 injuries from a derailment on Dec. 1.     

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "The Numbers" game were: