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Obama's donors asked to help pay Clinton debt

NEW YORK - President-elect Barack Obama's vast list of donors is being asked to donate to Hillary Clinton as she scrambles to reduce her massive campaign debt before she becomes U.S. secretary of stat...

Girls told FBI agent evangelist abused them

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Before evangelist Tony Alamo's arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent he had sexually abused them and one said he had threa...

Democrats want more assertive Obama

WASHINGTON - Democrats are growing impatient with U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some poli...

Convict's mother goes undercover, gets dirt on juror

NEW YORK - Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder. She gave herself an extreme makeover - blonde dye job, fake tan, sexy wardrobe,...

Bush buying home in Dallas

DALLAS - President George W. Bush and his wife Laura have bought a home among business leaders and prominent Republican donors in an affluent North Dallas neighbourhood, where they will live after the...

Bush says his marriage has become stronger during time in White House

WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush, increasingly reflective as he caps two turbulent terms in the White House, said Thursday that the pressures of the job have brought him closer to his wife, Laura...

California couple charged with torturing, abusing 17-year-old youth

STOCKTON, Calif. - A California couple has been charged with kidnapping and torturing a 17-year-old boy police say they sometimes kept shackled in their home. The boy's one-time guardian, who also ...

India names Pakistani masterminds of Mumbai terrorist attacks

NEW DELHI - A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital Mumbai, authorities said Thursd...

Zimbabwe declares national health emergency, seeks foreign aid

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health-care system, and the state media reported Thursday the government is seeking more inter...

Argentine navy says cruise ship carrying 122 adrift in Antarctica

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A cruise ship carrying 122 people is adrift and taking on water after running aground Thursday in the Antarctic but is in no danger of sinking, the Argentine navy said. Th...