Fishing boat sinks near Galveston, Texas; 6 people reported missing

HOUSTON - The Coast Guard searched Monday for six people reported missing after a fishing vessel started sinking in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas. The Coast Guard received a mayday call on Sunday afternoon from the captain, who reported the boat was taking on water. T …

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NATO firms up Afghanistan exit plan

Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET: CHICAGO -- NATO leaders sealed a landmark agreement on Monday to hand control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year. Leaders gathered at a NATO summit in Chicago formally endorsed a U.S.-backed strategy that calls for  …

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Tropical Storm Alberto heads east, to stay offshore

Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, was moving eastward Monday off the coast of Florida and was expected to weaken over the next two days without making landfall.

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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies after long battle with cancer

Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his spokesperson has confirmed via a statement. Gibb was 62 years old. "The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long …

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Obama, NATO leaders chart path out of Afghanistan

Updated 6:22 p.m. ET: CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed world leaders to help implement a strategy for post-2014 Afghanistan after U.S. troops leave, a transition that Afghan President Hamid Karzai said will mark the day that his war-torn country is "no longer  …

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Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil right' comment

Law experts are taking issue with a Virginia legislator’s comment that “sodomy is not a civil right” in explaining why he opposed a gay prosecutor’s bid to become a judge.

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Immigration decision could make it easier for foreign 'fusion' bands to play in US

The next time Orquesta Kef gets invited to play in the United States, it may actually be able to get into the country.

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Crime Stoppers offers record reward in unsolved slaying of Iranian medical researcher

Four months after Iranian-born medical researcher and activist Gelareh Bagherzadeh was gunned down in her car just yards away from her family’s home in west Houston, authorities are hoping the offer of a sizable cash reward will help solve her killing.

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Man sues Wal-Mart over 'all black people leave' announcement

A black man who says he suffered emotional distress when he heard a hijacked public address announcement at a Wal-Mart store in New Jersey telling all blacks to leave has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages from the company.

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FAMU band to remain suspended through 2012-13 in aftermath of Robert Champion's hazing death

Florida A&M University’s famed marching band will remain suspended through the 2012-13 academic year as the school continues to wrestle with the aftermath of the hazing death of a drum major last fall.

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Police search for killer of 'Wild Dogg,' San Diego motorcycle club president

San Diego -- Police are looking for the gunman who fatally shot a San Diego motorcycle club leader outside the group’s clubhouse. The shooting happened around 11 p.m. Friday. Police said a drive-by gunman fired several shots, killing 51-year-old Clyde Thompson Jr., th …

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Rep. King says he won't meet with Colombian prostitute at center of Secret Service scandal

The chairman of a House panel looking into allegations of misconduct by U.S. Secret Service agents last month in Colombia says he sees no need to meet with one of the prostitutes at the center of the scandal.

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Boston University mourns death of 3 students in New Zealand van crash

Boston University is mourning the loss of three students studying abroad who died in a minivan crash in New Zealand. Austin Breashears, Roch Jauberty and Daniela Lekhno were traveling in a minivan near the North Island vacation town of Taupo when the vehicle drifted to the side  …

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Alleged Florida white supremacist leaders: We're 'being persecuted'

The reputed leaders of a central Florida white supremacist group accused of planning for a “race war” say they are proud Americans who are being persecuted for their beliefs.

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California weighs bill to ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy

A California lawmaker says he’s optimistic about the prospects of a bill that would make it illegal for therapists in the state to try to “convert” gay youths.

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White supremacists accused of planning for 'race war' in Florida

Members of a white supremacist skinhead group called American Front trained with AK-47s, shotguns and explosives at a fortified compound in central Florida to prepare for what its reputed leader believed to be an “inevitable race war,” prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Prosecutor: Gruesome stabbing death witnessed on iPad videochat

The fatal stabbing of a Massachusetts woman in her home was witnessed by someone who was videochatting with the victim’s teenage daughter on an iPad, a prosecutor said Monday.

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Fugitive Ponzi scheme couple known as 'Mini Madoffs' captured in Arizona

TONOPAH, Ariz. -- Acting on a tip, U.S. marshals in Arizona put an end to an Illinois couple's life on the lam, a dozen years after they fled punishment for running a Ponzi scheme that targeted friends, the elderly, and even family members, authorities said.

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Reports: Al-Qaida leader wanted in USS Cole bombing killed in Yemen airstrike

Updated at 7:42 p.m. ET: Two Yemeni members of al-Qaida, including a top leader wanted in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, were killed in their car by an apparent U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen, residents there and a spokesman for an al-Qaida-linked group said Sunday. The  …

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Biden: I'm 'absolutely comfortable' with gay marriage

  Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday said that's he's "absolutely comfortable" with married same-sex couples being granted the same rights as heterosexual pairs. "I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and …

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Immigration nightmare: Army soldier's wife detained after Arizona traffic stop

Updated at 3:05 p.m. ET Friday: A quick trip to the store to buy supplies for her 3-year-old daughter’s birthday party turned into a two-day nightmare for a U.S. Army soldier’s wife, who after being stopped for a minor traffic violation found herself threatened with  …

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Students' racist tweets about Boston hockey game put schools in a bind

Should schools punish students who tweeted racist remarks after a black pro hockey player scored the winning goal to knock the Boston Bruins out of the NHL playoffs?

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Massachusetts man suspected of killing mother and another woman arrested at Canada border

Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: A 23-year-old Massachusetts man suspected of killing his mother and another woman and dumping their bodies outside an elementary school was arrested while trying to flee to Canada, authorities said Wednesday. Joseph Wright, 23, of the Boston suburb  …

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Harley-Davidson motorcycle swept away by Japan tsunami washes up on Canada coast

A Japanese man who reportedly lost his home and three family members in last year’s tsunami says it’s a miracle that a prized item swept out to sea – his Harley-Davidson motorcycle – has turned up more than 4,000 miles away on the shores of western C …

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