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Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:34 EDT

Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.

Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:29 EDT

U.S. farmers who could only watch helplessly this spring as storm after storm left their fields a muddy mess took to their tractors en masse last week and planted a record amount of corn acreage, even in areas where conditions are still far from perfect.

Correction: Missing Mom-Utah story

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25 EDT

In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 15, 2012.

Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:15 EDT

An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay.

Oklahoma twister a top-of-the-scale EF-5

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:15 EDT

The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.

Mom talks about missing cheerleader found dead

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10 EDT

The mother of a 13-year-old West Texas cheerleader found dead in March said Tuesday that since her daughter went missing more than two years ago she had feared the worst, including that the girl was chained and tortured or had fallen victim to human traffickers.

'Bishop' would-be pipe bomber gets 37 years

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10 EDT

An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop."

4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55 EDT

Four peregrine falcon chicks roosting high above the Hudson River on the George Washington Bridge were pronounced healthy Tuesday and fitted with tracking bands to help biologists keep tabs on them.

Idaho man facing terror charges will remain jailed

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50 EDT

An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing.

Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:40 EDT

The fire chief in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado says the search for survivors and the dead is almost complete.