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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the Pentagon’s most painful themes of the past decade have played out at the court-martial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.
At its core, the trial is about a young soldier who orchestrated the largest leak of classified documents in...

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 will return to the field Sept. 1 in Orlando, nearly 22 months after it was suspended because of a hazing-related death, the school said Thursday.
The famed band will be significantly smaller when i...

CHILMARK, Mass. (TRIBUNE) — President Barack Obama on Thursday canceled a joint military exercise with Egypt in the wake of a violent crackdown on civilians by Egyptian security forces.
Obama, who met Thursday morning with his national security team, said...

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — One of the soldiers killed during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood suffered a dozen gunshot wounds that indicate he was trying to charge the gunman, while another victim was pregnant, medical experts testified Thursday.
The...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California man who abducted a teenage family friend and tortured her mother and 8-year-old brother before killing them exchanged more than a dozen calls with the 16-year-old girl in the hours before the slaying.
Exactly how James Lee ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fare increases. Route cuts. General frustration over life. In New York City, there is no shortage of reasons why bus drivers are targeted for assault — an average of 88 attacks every year in the nation’s largest bus system.
Jose Rondon’s 2...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A bank robber nicknamed the “Bucket List Bandit” after allegedly telling a Utah teller he had just four months to live was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in federal prison for a string of heists spanning 10 states.
Michael Eugene Brewste...

CHICAGO (AP) — With the new health law’s enrollment period set to open in just a little more than six weeks, President Barack Obama’s administration announced $67 million in awards Thursday to organizations that will help people understand their new insur...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Protesters angered by the acquittal of George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin’s killing are leaving the Florida Capitol after staging a 31-day protest.
The small but determined group wanted Gov. Rick Scott to call a special session to...

MIAMI — A 7-month-old Florida boy has died after swallowing a candy-colored liquid laundry packet, raising concerns about the access that young children have to the increasingly popular products.
The Florida Poison Information Center says the boy’s death ...