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Suspect in custody in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy: police

Suspect in custody in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy: police

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police said on Thursday they have a suspect in custody in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz from his New...

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Chinese couple bury woman alive, sparking outrage

Chinese couple bury woman alive, sparking outrage

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a young couple who buried an old woman alive believing she was dead after their car hit the...

Winds, heat hamper fight to contain Southwest wildfires

Winds, heat hamper fight to contain Southwest wildfires

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Fire crews hampered by wind gusts and the driest conditions in two decades in the U.S. Southwest made slow gains on...

Obama officials press Senate to ratify sea treaty

Obama officials press Senate to ratify sea treaty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's failure to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention puts the U.S. military at increasing risk of...

Secret Service chief apologizes for prostitution scandal

Secret Service chief apologizes for prostitution scandal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Secret Service, in his first public appearance since a Colombian prostitution scandal...

Asians lead U.S. in college degrees: Census

Asians lead U.S. in college degrees: Census

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asians are the most highly educated group of Americans, with more than half with a bachelor's degrees or higher,...

Trainer filmed abusing horses banned from show for life

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A Tennessee walking horse Hall of Fame trainer was banned for life from the most important horse show for...

Missouri to vote on 'right to pray' constitutional amendment

Missouri to vote on 'right to pray' constitutional amendment

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Voters in the U.S. state of Missouri will decide on August 7 whether to approve a constitutional amendment...

Florida student pleads guilty to threat on Obama's life

Florida student pleads guilty to threat on Obama's life

MIAMI (Reuters) - A college student pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to threatening in a Facebook post to kill President...

Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps

Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on...

Wavering Egyptians vote for president

Wavering Egyptians vote for president

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in history, voted for a second day on Thursday in an election...

Romney opens new front vs Obama: schools are failing

Romney opens new front vs Obama: schools are failing

WASHINGTON/REDWOOD CITY, California (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new front on Wednesday in his fight...

Top 10 new species of 2011 named by conservation group

Top 10 new species of 2011 named by conservation group

Top 10 lists are standard fodder for media: the 10 best dressed, the 10 best-looking, the 10 most wanted, etc. But the International...