PART THREE: VIETNAM

After decades of searching, could a handful of debris provide the answer?

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Three of a three-part series on the search for Spooky 21, an AC-47 gunsh...

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the s...

Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-9/11 level

Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on ...

Coast Guard rescues man from sinking boat

Coast Guard officers rescued a man Saturday after his boat sank 39 miles southeast of Lake Worth.

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Canadian executive awaits verdict in corruption trial

Scandal draws questions about IRS role in enforcing Obamacare

The blossoming IRS scandal over the targeting of conservative groups is provoking new scrutiny and terse q...

Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him

The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over ...

Tigers fall to Mauer, Twins 3-2

Cubs fall to Reds 5-2 for 6th straight loss

Brewers still struggling, lose 5-2 to Pirates

Nothing has gone very well for the Milwaukee Brewers so far this season.

Bruins eliminate Rangers with 3-1 win in Game 5

Claude Julien decided not to give his goalie a pep talk after a pratfall in the crease handed the Rangers a...

Mets lose to Braves when suspended game resumes

Moreno takes lead in the Bahamas

Paola Moreno and Lindsey Wright took the same, simple approach on the winding road through the Ocean Club i...

Twins snap skid with 3-2 win over Tigers

Joe Mauer homered and had three hits, helping the Minnesota Twins snap a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 v...

Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore

Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues - under covered porches - as a fixture of the first Memori...

US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April

U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and ...

Trustee opposes $20M payout to American Air CEO

The Justice Department is objecting to a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO T...

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of N...

Some unions now angry about health care overhaul

When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions ...

Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO

Investors shift focus to growth stocks

Growth stocks, neglected at the start of the year, are starting to get a bit of love from investors again.

Towns' HR lifts UVa past FSU, 7-4 in 12 innings

Kenny Towns' three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning lifted Virginia past Florida State 7-4 on Sat...

Texas authorities searching for escaped prisoner

North Texas authorities are searching for a prisoner who escaped from a van transporting him and others fro...

S Florida town puts unwanted bridge up for sale

For sale in South Florida: A brand-new but unwanted bridge that has never been crossed.

4-year-old, grandfather drown in Panhandle river

Authorities say a 4-year-old girl and her grandfather have drowned in the Apalachicola River in Florida's P...

Ex-Hialeah mayor pleads not guilty to tax evasion

Hialeah's former mayor has pleaded not guilty to federal tax evasion charges.

Man who killed longest python gets its snakeskin

The South Florida man who caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever found in Florida gets to keep t...

2 Tampa Bay deputies shoot suspect several times

A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot in a confrontation with two sheriff's...

Ore. teen accused of planning to attack school

An Oregon high school student is being charged with attempted murder after the authorities say he planned t...

Tornado victims include animal lover, man in truck

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Tornado victims include animal lover, man in truck

One was an animal lover. Another loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force...

Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged a group of newly minted college graduates on Saturday to change t...

Official: Woman killed in San Antonio flooding

A woman has been killed in flooding in the San Antonio area.

Survivor, rescuer reunite at Maine B-52 crash site

After surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash and a night on a frozen mountainside, Gerald Adler, injured and ...

Niger president says attackers came from Libya

Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and ...

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year governme...

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier

Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slau...

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in ...

Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers

Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where ...

Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest

Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorit...

Suspected rebels kill 17, wound 24 in east India

About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local le...

Correction: France-Cannes Notebook story

In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported e...

NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations

Internal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New Y...

Bill Clinton, other celebs at Vienna AIDS charity

Cross-dressers, half-naked revelers, a famed fashion designer, entertainment icons and a former U.S. presid...

Cannes: 'The Immigrant' stirs emotional response

James Gray's sincere melodrama "The Immigrant" has divided the Cannes Film Festival not for its politics or...

Polanski laments leveling of sexes as 'idiotic'

Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling ...

Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prize

An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol ...

Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past

The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard ju...