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Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.
There is no evidence the p...

Mitt Romney is wading into a new policy arena -- the nation's education system -- as he broadens his focus to appeal to general election voters still getting to know President Barack Obama's likely opponent.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been reluct...

Sentencing is set for an upstate New York woman who admits she faked having cancer to con donors into paying for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon.
Jessica Vega isn't likely to do prison time, but court officials say she'll have to repay $13,368 to her victims. She's b...

A fast-moving wildfire erupted in a rural neighborhood near the Nevada-California line and destroyed two homes Tuesday but no injuries were reported and the danger from what one frightened resident described as a "wall of fire" was subsiding as winds died at nightfall along t...

Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town's hardest-hit neighborhoods.
Resident...

The state of Hawaii has verified President Barack Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a nearly three-month back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot.
Joshua Wisch, special assistan...

The rate of late payments for auto loans fell nationally in the first three months of the year to the lowest level in more than a decade, even as lenders financed more vehicle purchases for high-risk borrowers.
For the January to March quarter, the rate of U.S. auto loan...

Hundreds of guests at a beachside Hawaii resort are returning to their hotel after police shot and killed a man in the parking lot who was suspected of stealing a vehicle.
Several hundred guests were evacuated after the shooting Tuesday afternoon and weren't allowed to r...

A decades-old jet fuel spill threatening Albuquerque's water supply could be as large as 24 million gallons, or twice the size of the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez, New Mexico environment officials acknowledged Tuesday.
Officials previously estimated the spill from Kir...

A drifter accused of terrorizing a struggling city by faking car trouble then stabbing strangers who came to his aid was quickly convicted of murder Tuesday after jurors rejected an insanity defense.
It was the first trial for Elias Abuelazam, who is accused of a series ...