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North Korea launch draws anger as failure wounds pride

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A satellite launch North Korea had hailed as a moment of national pride ended in failure Friday when the rocket disintegrated over the Yellow Sea, earning Pyongyang embarrassment as well as condemnation from a host of nations that deemed it a covert test of missile technology.

April 13, 2012 | By JEAN H. LEE Associated Press | World

See Dan read: Baboons can learn to spot real words

WASHINGTON - Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up.

April 12, 2012 | By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer | World

Zimmerman makes court appearance

SANFORD, Fla. - Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, as a court document provided new details on the prosecution's case.

April 12, 2012 | By GREG BLUESTEIN and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press | World

Prosecutors face hurdles in Trayvon Martin case

SANFORD, Fla. - Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say.

April 12, 2012 | By GREG BLUESTEIN and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press | World

Official: Charges coming in Trayvon Martin death

SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, will be charged in the 17-year-old's death, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

April 11, 2012 | By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press | World

Obama-Romney showdown starts with a harsh tone

MENDENHALL, Pa. - The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty.

April 11, 2012 | By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press | World

Santorum suspends GOP presidential campaign

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Bowing to the inevitable after an improbably resilient run for the White House, Rick Santorum quit the presidential race on Tuesday, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination. "We made a decision over the weekend, that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting," he said. Santorum, appearing with his family, told supporters ...

April 10, 2012 | By MARC LEVY Associated Press | World

US to sink ghost ship dislodged by Japan tsunami

KODIAK, Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard plans to use cannon fire to sink a derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami.

April 05, 2012 | By MARK THIESSEN and RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press | World

Is this the end of the gold rush?

NEW YORK - The price of gold, which has climbed for years like a blood pressure reading for anxious investors, plunged Wednesday to its lowest level in three months.

April 04, 2012 | By BERNARD CONDON and MATTHEW CRAFT AP Business Writers | World

911 calls show residents panicked over Colo. wildfire

DENVER - Sam Lucas was among the first to begin calling 911 about a wildfire burning near his home on the outskirts of Denver. But the dispatcher, having already answered a handful of calls about the fire, cut Lucas off to tell him it was a controlled burn and that the forest service was on the scene. "We got 79-mile-an-hour winds out there and they got a controlled burn?" Lucas said on the 911 ...

April 04, 2012 | By REMA RAHMAN Associated Press | World

Small cars lead March's auto sales surge

DETROIT - Appealing small cars, low interest rates, truck deals and unseasonably warm weather helped the auto industry achieve its best monthly performance in almost four years in March.

April 03, 2012 | By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writer | World

Police: Calif. attack suspect upset about teasing

OAKLAND, Calif. - A former student expelled from a small Christian university and upset about being teased over his poor English skills went to the school to find a female administrator, then opened fire when she was not there, killing at least seven people, police said Tuesday.

April 03, 2012 | By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press | World

High court has options on health care law

WASHINGTON - The arguments are done and the case has been submitted, as Chief Justice John Roberts says at the end of every Supreme Court argument. Now the justices will wrestle with what to do with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. They have a range of options, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, although that prospect seems remote after this week's arguments.

March 30, 2012 | By MARK SHERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARA Associated Press | World

Police torture in Russia causes public outrage

MOSCOW - Russia's top investigative agency filed new charges Thursday against police officers accused of torturing detainees amid growing public outrage over police brutality.

March 29, 2012 | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press | World

Prominent Pakistani acid victim commits suicide

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living.

March 28, 2012 | By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press | World

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Ex-tabloid editor faces phone hacking charges

LONDON - Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others were charged Tuesday over alleged attempts to conceal evidence of Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal, prosecutors said.

May 15, 2012 | By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press | World

Ga. student battles flesh-eating bacteria

AUGUSTA - After 10 days in the hospital, a Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection isn't letting the breathing tube in her throat stop her from mouthing questions such as "Where am I?" and "How long have I been here?"

May 14, 2012 | The Associated Press | World

Kidnap-slaying suspect kills himself; 2 girls rescued

GUNTOWN, Miss. - A man wanted by the FBI for killing a mother and daughter and kidnapping two other girls shot himself to death as officers closed in, but the two children were rescued without injuries and released from a hospital Friday.

May 11, 2012 | By ADRIAN SAINZ and HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press | World

Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate

MIAMI - The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest.

May 09, 2012 | By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press | World

North Carolina votes on constitutional ban on gay marriage

RALEIGH, N.C. - The national debate over gay marriage focused Tuesday on North Carolina, as voters decided whether to make it the 29th state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.

May 08, 2012 | By EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press | World

Designer details scheme to funnel money to Edwards

GREENSBORO, N.C. - An interior designer testified Thursday about his role in funneling secret money from a reclusive millionaire to an aide of John Edwards' in a scheme that included checks labeled for fake antique furniture purchases.

May 04, 2012 | By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press | World

Bin Laden's last words go online

WASHINGTON - In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.

May 03, 2012 | By KIMBERLY DOZIER AP Intelligence Writer | World

Blind activist now wants to leave China

BEIJING - A blind activist said Wednesday that U.S. officials told him that Chinese authorities would have beaten his wife to death had he not left the American Embassy, where he sought sanctuary after fleeing persecution by local officials in his rural town.

May 02, 2012 | By ALEXA OLESEN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press | World

World workers express anger, gloom on May Day

MADRID - Banging drums and waving flags, hundreds of thousands of workers marked May Day in European cities Tuesday with a mix of anger and gloom over austerity measures imposed by leaders trying to contain the eurozone's intractable debt crisis.

May 01, 2012 | By DANIEL WOOLLS Associated Press | World

White House threatens to veto student loan bill

WASHINGTON - The White House threatened a veto Friday of a Republican bill keeping the interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer, objecting that the measure would finance its $5.9 billion cost by abolishing a health care program.

April 27, 2012 | Associated Press | World

Court find Charles Taylor responsible for Sierra Leone war crimes

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds."

April 26, 2012 | By MIKE CORDER Associated Press | World

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