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• Obama, Medvedev sign pact to reduce nuclear stockpiles (AP)2 minutes ago

  AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a...

• Jackson memorial performers announced as LA braces (AP)2 minutes ago

  AP - The stage was set Monday for Michael Jackson's final act as the world capital of make-believe braced for what could be...

• Police restore order in western China; 156 killed (AP)40 minutes ago

  AP - Chanting "Strike down the criminals," hundreds of paramilitary police with shields, rifles and clubs took control...

• Vietnam War architect Robert McNamara dies at 93 (AP)40 minutes ago

  AP - Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war...

• Mass. mom pleads not guilty to denying son meds (AP)36 minutes ago

  AP - A woman accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son by not filling prescriptions and misleading his...

• World's oldest Christian Bible digitized (AP)28 minutes ago

  AP - The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The early work known as the...

• Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarry (AP)36 minutes ago

  AP - Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction...

• AP IMPACT: New GI benefits vary widely by state (AP)33 minutes ago

  AP - When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest...

• Authorities remove 42 tons of trash from property (AP)19 minutes ago

  AP - A father and son are facing almost $20,000 in fees and fines after New York authorities said they removed about 42 tons of...

• A star quarterback's brief affair ends in tragedy (AP)27 minutes ago

  AP - The star quarterback and the waitress met six months ago, at a restaurant where she worked and his family often ate. He was...