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WASHINGTON (AP) — ACT test takers take note: The No. 2 pencil is losing its cachet. Greater numbers of high school students will be able to take the c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid gain that suggests that the economy may be recovering after stumbling at the sta...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Kim Sbarcea knew exactly what she wanted. She typed "Tiffany Elsa Peretti mesh earrings" into Google and scrolled through impeccable p...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's air force says a technical fault caused the deadly helicopter crash in the country's north and that a fire that subsequent...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid gain that suggests that the economy may be recovering after stumbling at the sta...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Blue Bell Creameries knew there was listeria in one of the company's plants as far back as March 2013, according to a government inv...

LONDON (AP) — The Conservative Party swept to power Friday in Britain's parliamentary elections, winning an unexpected majority that returns Prime Min...

BERLIN (AP) — When Paul Schmitz was a little boy, he never understood why kids in his tiny German village taunted him as a "Yank" and beat him up. He ...

ROME (AP) — By night, the Calabrian immigrant family served up piping-hot pizza. After hours, Italian and U.S. authorities say, the restaurant in the ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski said Thursday that she and other members of Maryland's congressional delegation support Baltimore's mayor ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A day after he was charged with reckless conduct in the shooting of a real estate agent, a Georgia sheriff called it a "tragic accident...

NEW YORK (AP) — What happened to Sheryl Sandberg could happen to anyone: The woman who wrote the book on balancing career and family will have to figu...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A company official says a shipment of crude involved in an explosive train derailment in North Dakota had been treated to reduce...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of delays and vetting, the training of Syrian rebels has started in Jordan as part of a broader effort to build a force...

SEATTLE (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell wants to park two massive Arctic oil drilling rigs in Seattle's waterfront — but the petroleum giant will have to get...

NEW YORK (AP) — The unprecedented and unwarranted bulk collection of Americans' phone records by the government is illegal because it wasn't authorize...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A clear pattern is emerging at the murder trial of Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Prosecutors are weaving dry f...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The NFL was determined to blame Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for deflated footballs in the AFC title game, and the investig...