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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in central Pakistan say five people have been killed in sectarian clashes between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
Police official Abdullah Khan says the clashes between members of a radical Sunni group, Ahle Sunnat Waljamaat, and minorit...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who escaped from a central Arkansas jail last month has been recaptured in the Florida Panhandle.
The Garland County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Derrick Estell was in custody in Florida.
Sheriff’s D...

(AP) — The Koch brothers are dropping their pursuit of newspapers owned by the Tribune Co. of Chicago.
Koch Industries, run by the billionaire brothers Charles and David, said Friday that it is still interested in the media and is exploring a broad range ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Maj. Nidal Hasan has been convicted of premeditated murder for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. That means he’s now eligible for the death penalty.
Military jurors found the Army psychiatrist guilty on Friday for the attack ...

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami-Dade Police Department says it will discipline the officer who provided a police escort to Miami Heat star LeBron James to the Justin Timberlake/Jay Z concert.
In a statement released Thursday, the department says it has chosen to g...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When “Beloved” starring Oprah Winfrey fell flat at the box office in 1998, Winfrey drowned her sorrows in macaroni and cheese.
She found a different way to celebrate when “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” her first big-screen performance since...

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria “big event of grave concern.”
Obama says the U.S. is still seeking confirmation that toxic gases were used in Syria. But he says such actions are “very troub...

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama says cutting off aid to Egypt “may not reverse what the interim government does.”
But he says the U.S. must be “very careful” about being seen as aiding and abetting actions that run contrary to the country’s val...

TOKYO (AP) — Experts fear that a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that has slowly spread beneath the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is close to reaching the Pacific Ocean.
The problem highlights what is fast becoming a new crisi...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A millionaire has filed lawsuits that challenge charges for a public record he requested from the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office.
In the lawsuits filed Tuesday, Marty O’Boye is challenging charges of $1.89 and $739....