TORONTO (AP) — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-cent value to produce.
The Royal Canadian Mint on Monday officially ended...
DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland’s government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into Ireland and labeled as beef actually contain up to 75 percent horsemeat,...
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — A psychiatrist says a man accused of beheading his son is not clearly psychotic and is competent for trial.
Dr. Mark Wilson headed the team that decided last summer that Jeremiah...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Who turned out the lights?
The day after the 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl, the exact cause — and who’s to blame — were unclear, though a couple of potential...
ATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two years after unsuccessfully attempting to prevent a renewal of a 4-cent-per-pack cigarette tax, Gov. Bobby Jindal may recommend his own larger proposal to raise tobacco...
YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) — California authorities have lowered the death toll in a tour bus crash from eight to seven.
The California Highway Patrol and a San Bernardino County coroner’s investigator...
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Officers stormed an underground bunker in Alabama where a 5-year-old boy had been held hostage for nearly a week, rescuing the child and leaving the boy’s abductor...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Monday.
Unaudited tallies show 183 sports books made $7.2 million...
That statement doesn’t mean Jeremiah Wright, 31, is mentally stable or fit for trial, defense witnesses testified during the second day of a sanity hearing for Wright, charged with first-degree murder...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the three-week proceeding...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Police in Zimbabwe said Wednesday they found traces of explosives at a tribal sorcerer’s house where a massive blast killed six people and damaged 12 nearby buildings.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, foreign officials and Syrian state TV said Wednesday, amid fears President Bashar Assad’s...
