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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In an unprecedented ruling that tests the military’s aura of inviolability, a court indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf Tuesday on murder charges stemming from the 2007 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazi...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) — An Afghan farmer shot during a massacre in Kandahar Province last year took the witness stand Tuesday against the U.S. soldier who attacked his village, cursing him before breaking down and pleading with the pro...

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg News) — Secretary of State John Kerry is reassigning four officials put on leave after criticism of their conduct in connection with the deadly attack on a U.S. facility in Libya almost a year ago, according to Marie Harf, a State De...

WASHINGTON — Newly declassified documents offer more details of how the CIA executed the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected prime minister 60 years ago, describing the political frustrations that led the U.S. to take covert action against a Soviet...

FORT MYERS — Ryan Carpenter and two Stone Crabs’ relievers combined on a four-hit shutout, and Richie Shaffer hit his 11th home run of the season as Charlotte beat the Fort Myers Miracle 1-0 at Hammond Stadium on Tuesday.
Carpenter pitched four innings wh...

NORTH PORT — The North Port community   has a revamped playground.
The city of North Port’s Parks and Recreation Division recently reopened the Pine Park playground, located at 4556 McKibben Drive, off Sumter Boulevard. The new equipment includes a tot p...

After Julie Strom, 50, reported her car stolen to the Punta Gorda Police Department on Monday, she called back twice to see if it had been found yet. The problem, police say, was she dialed 911 to do it.
Strom, who had been warned before about improper us...

ENGLEWOOD — Despite sporadic reports of an improving economy, more and more Englewood-area families are struggling to keep food on their tables and shelter over their heads. Local organizations providing help to the needy say the problem is only getting w...

SARASOTA COUNTY — What looked like one final meeting Tuesday morning to make tweaks to the county’s proposed Fiscal Year 2013-14 $1.07 billion budget hit an unexpected snag as data presented to Sarasota County commissioners showed the cash reserves the co...

SARASOTA COUNTY — Sarasota County School Board members worked Tuesday on new guidelines for funding future charter schools or existing ones, such as Imagine School at North Port, that may want to expand in the future.
A court battle earlier this year resu...