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3 With Ties to US Consulate Killed in Mexican City

16 hours 18 minutes ago |AP

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (March 15) - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple a ...

Probe Questions Runaway Prius Story

1 hour 47 minutes ago |AP

WASHINGTON (March 15) -- The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week. The N ...

Defense Official Ran Private Spy Effort, Paper Says

1 hour 7 minutes ago |AP

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WASHINGTON (March 15) -- A Defense Department official is under investigation for hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The New York T ...

Storm Damage Causes Tough Commutes in Northeast

13 hours 50 minutes ago |AP

EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. (March 15) -- A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast, causing damage and flooding, created some minor headaches for commuters Monday. At least seven pe ...

'Mission Impossible' TV Star Peter Graves Dies

10 hours 15 minutes ago |AP

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LOS ANGELES (March 14) -- Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-runnin ...

Israeli Apology Gets Cool Reception in Washington

13 hours 27 minutes ago |AP

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JERUSALEM (March 14) -- Israel's prime minister expressed regret Sunday for a crisis with the United States over plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem, even as American officials pl ...

Democrats Still Short of Votes on Health Care Bill

17 hours 59 minutes ago |Politics Daily

(March 14) -- After months of deadlines that have come and gone, White House officials and congressional leaders expressed confidence Sunday that they will get the votes they need this week to pass a ...

Teacher Writes 'Loser' on Student's Assignments

16 hours 24 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 14) -- The mother of a sixth-grader in Buncombe County, N.C., is upset about name-calling in her daughter's classroom -- but the students aren't the ones slinging the mud. Patty Clement is deb ...

Boy Being Brainwashed by Mother, Grandparents Say

19 hours 12 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 14) -- The mother of an American woman arrested in a terror probe worries her daughter is raising her 6-year-old son on the tenets of terrorism. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, a nursing student fro ...

International Probe Targets Secretive Catholic Group

22 hours 54 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 14) -- As sex abuse scandals rock the Vatican, the results of an investigation into a rich, ultra-conservative and secretive Roman Catholic order founded by a priest accused of pedophilia and ...

Prince Philip Commits 'Strip Club' Gaffe

12 hours 15 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 14) -- He may be married to Queen Elizabeth II, but Prince Philip is prone to making not-so-regal comments. The latest in the Duke of Edinburgh's long line of gaffes came last week, when he as ...

11 Takeaways From the Coffee Party's Debut

18 hours 36 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 14) – It calls itself the Coffee Party, a name chosen to reflect its founding goal: to provide disaffected citizens with a less-angry alternative to the Tea Party. And on Saturday, the w ...