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U.S. government: Other targets eyed prior to NYC subway plot

By The Associated Press
April 16, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - A man accused of becoming an al-Qaida operative discussed bombing New York City movie theaters, Grand Central Terminal, Times Square and the New York Stock Exchange before settling on the...

Boy, 16, killed in New Orleans shooting early Monday

By The Associated Press
April 16, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police are investigating the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy. Officer Garry Flot says Jeremy Doughty was shot multiple times about 7 a.m. Monday. Flot says Doughty was...

House to debate hand-held cell phone while driving ban

By The Associated Press
April 16, 2012

Similar proposals have failed in recent years to gain traction with the Legislature. But the House transportation committee voted 9-7 Monday to advance the bill to the full House for another debate. Baton...

UN council strongly condemns North Korea rocket launch

By The Associated Press
April 16, 2012

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch Monday, announcing it will impose new sanctions and warning of further action if Pyongyang conducts another...

Cell phone left in restroom triggers Delta Air Lines bomb scare

By The Associated Press
April 16, 2012

DUBLIN (AP) - A Delta Air Lines flight bound for the United States made an emergency landing Monday in Dublin because a passenger left a cell phone plugged into a socket in one of the aircraft's restrooms,...

Two protesters climb atop Bahrain Embassy in UK and unveil banner

By The Associated Press
April 16, 2012

LONDON (AP) - Two protesters climbed onto the roof of the Bahraini Embassy in London on Monday, unfurling a banner in a protest aimed at the Gulf state's ruling family. An Associated Press photographer...

La. lawmakers seek to rewrite sex offender social networking ban

By The Associated Press
April 4, 2012

(AP) - A bid to rewrite a state law seeking to ban certain sex offenders from Facebook and other social networking sites on Wednesday started moving through the Louisiana Legislature. The existing law...

Trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind, accomplices to resume at Guantanamo Bay

By The Associated Press
April 4, 2012

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The Pentagon said Wednesday it is ready to resume a trial at Guantanamo Bay for the acknowledged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other men, more than two years...

Santa Monica College students angry over pricey courses try to enter meeting, pepper sprayed

By The Associated Press
April 4, 2012

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Campus police pepper-sprayed as many as 30 demonstrators after Santa Monica College students angry over a plan to offer high-priced courses tried to push their way into a trustees...

Warm and fuzzy T-rex? New evidence finds king of dinos’ feathered relative

By The Associated Press
April 4, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) - With a killer jaw and sharp claws, Tyrannosaurus rex has long been depicted in movies and popular culture as having scaly skin. But the discovery of an earlier relative suggests the...

Five former police officers sentenced in post-Katrina killings case

By The Associated Press
April 4, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic...

Volker Kraft decorates a tree with 10,000 Easter eggs March 21 in the garden of Christa and Volker Kraft in Saalfeld, Germany.

47-year tradition grows to 10,000 Easter eggs adorning tree in Germany

By The Associated Press
April 4, 2012

SAALFELD, Germany (AP) - You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated...