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NJ gunman holds hostages in standoff

A standoff with an armed man who police said took multiple hostages entered its second day Saturday as authorities worked to negotiate his surrender and his captives' release.

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 05:55pm EDT

America's Cup expected to go on after fatal wreck

CEO expects America's Cup to go on after fatal wreck, awaits probe result for final decision

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 05:49pm EDT

Relatives say Cleveland suspect had violent streak

Cleveland suspect had a terrifying violent streak, relatives say; 'He was really controlling'

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 04:44pm EDT

Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record

For first time in 2 million years, levels of chief greenhouse gas hit 400 parts per million

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 03:14pm EDT

Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion

Criminal investigation in Texas plant explosion; officials haven't linked paramedic's arrest

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 12:22pm EDT

Man sentenced in plot against terror witnesses

NC man sentenced in conspiracy to behead witnesses from homegrown terrorism trial

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 12:08pm EDT

Man charged in 4 Kan. deaths; child's body missing

Complaint: Ex-convict charged in deaths of Kansas woman, her missing 18-month-old child, 2 men

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 11:46am EDT

Prince Harry in Colo. for paralympic Warrior Games

Britain's Prince Harry visits Colo. for paralympic-style Warrior Games

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 11:30am EDT

IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups

IRS apologizes for inappropriately targeting conservative political groups in 2012 election

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 03:52am EDT

NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak

Space station leaking ammonia coolant; astronauts will do spacewalk to find problem, fix it

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 01:06am EDT

DNA shows Ohio kidnapping suspect fathered girl

DNA test confirms Cleveland kidnapping suspect fathered 6-year-old girl freed with 3 women

Saturday - 05/11/2013, 12:26am EDT

5 Things to Know about the America's Cup

5 Things to Know about the America's Cup

Friday - 05/10/2013, 10:44pm EDT

4 pit bulls blamed for S. Calif. jogger's killing

4 pit bulls blamed with killing jogger in Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles

Friday - 05/10/2013, 10:26pm EDT

Newtown panel: Tear down Sandy Hook, rebuild

Officials in Newtown, Conn., say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December and construct a new building on the property.

Friday - 05/10/2013, 10:16pm EDT

A dozen agencies join northern Calif. manhunt

A dozen law enforcement agencies join manhunt in N. Calif. for suspect in triple homicide

Friday - 05/10/2013, 08:29pm EDT

Boston bombing suspect buried in Virginia cemetery

Boston Marathon bombing suspect buried in Virginia, upsetting some nearby residents

Friday - 05/10/2013, 08:06pm EDT
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Prince Harry opens weeklong US visit

Prince Harry highlighting wounded vets on first US visit since his Las Vegas shenanigans

Friday - 05/10/2013, 07:11pm EDT

White House: Wrong for IRS to target tea party

White House says it was inappropriate for IRS to target tea party groups during 2012 election

Friday - 05/10/2013, 07:10pm EDT

Critter cams provide peek into the lives of bears

Anchorage's critter cams allow wildlife officials to get a peek into the daily lives of bears

Friday - 05/10/2013, 06:50pm EDT

200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant

Number sickened in Vegas tapas restaurant outbreak rises to 200; source not determined

Friday - 05/10/2013, 06:44pm EDT
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