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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve disclosed that its top officials were mostly in agreement that the central bank should end its massive bond-buying program.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 105 points. It was th...

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — President Richard Nixon had just delivered his first major national address on the Watergate scandal that would ultimately cost him the White House when the calls of support began pouring in.
Audio tapes released Wednesday show ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — American soldiers deploying overseas to “engage in an illegal war” provoked the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood in 2009, the soldier accused in the attack said Wednesday after refusing to mount a defense during his trial.
Maj....

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Despite the recent deaths of nine children monitored by the Department of Children and Families, more than a dozen state lawmakers and hundreds of child advocates have offered few new proposals aimed at improving the agency’s track ...

FORT MEADE, Md. — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning stood at attention in his crisp dress uniform Wednesday and learned the price he will pay for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets: up to 35 years in prison, the stiffest punishment ever handed...

CAIRO — Egypt’s prime minister ordered Wednesday that deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak be placed under house arrest after he’s released from prison following more than two years in detention.
The announcement came hours after a court ordered Mubarak be rele...

BEIRUT — The images showed lifeless children — wrapped in simple white cloths, their pale faces unmarked by any wound — lined up shoulder to shoulder in a vivid demonstration of an attack Wednesday in which activists say the Syrian regime killed at least ...

NORTH PORT — The young football players of Imagine School went through a light walkthrough Wednesday on the practice field behind the school, touching on many things they might need to know throughout the regular season.
These things included the method o...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Drew Vettleson had a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth during the first game, and Jared Mortensen delivered a two-hit shutout in the second game as the Stone Crabs swept a doubleheader against Fort Myers on Wednesday.
Charlotte, ...

MURDOCK — As an automotive technology instructor at Charlotte Technical Center, Don Broda has seen cars go from user-friendly to complex and computerized.
Part of the challenge for the new automotive industry, he said, is that cars have become so intricat...