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Chief: Unclear when missing NC girl was last seen

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- Time was running out Monday in the search for a shy but upbeat 10-year-old whose battles with bone cancer left her with a prosthetic leg and hearing aids in both ears, the police chief said.

US rescuers may have killed Afghanistan aid worker

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- At first, NATO blamed a Taliban bomb for the death of a captive British aid worker during an American rescue attempt in eastern Afghanistan.

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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- The Islamic militant whose disclosures under U.S.

1 Ohio school, 4 bullied teens dead at own hand

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) -- Sladjana Vidovic's body lay in an open casket, dressed in the sparkly pink dress she had planned to wear to the prom.

Possible security breach grounds flight in Philly

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Transportation security officials removed passengers from a Bermuda-bound flight Thursday at Philadelphia's airport after reports that someone was helping to load the plane without a security badge.

"Glee" tops the Beatles for most Billboard Hot 100 chart entries

Just a few episodes into its second season, GLEE has broken the record for the most titles on the Billboard Hot 100 by a non-solo act.

High court: Does father's pain trump free speech?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court justices, in a rare public display of sympathy, strongly suggested Wednesday they would like to rule for a dead Marine's father against fundamentalist church members who picketed his son's funeral - but

New program will boost security at military bases

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly a year after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the Pentagon is taking new steps to beef up security and surveillance programs at its bases, and will join an FBI intelligence-sharing program aimed at identifying f

High court struggles with funeral protest case

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices on Wednesday pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead Marine should win his lawsuit against a fundamentalist church group that picketed his son's funeral.