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Special court opens in the U.S. for vets that addresses more than crime

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court isn't like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts. Judge Robert Russell steps down ...

'Public'online spaces don't carry constitutional speech rights

NEW YORK - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free...

Freed hostage to write play about her captivity and 'human condition'

PARIS - Ingrid Betancourt, freed from six years of captivity in a Colombian jungle, plans to write a play about her experience that she said will plumb the soul of the human condition. She says peo...

Thefts of crucial car anti-pollution devices are up across U.S.

CINCINNATI - Marty Boyer's carefully maintained sport utility vehicle growled more like a dragster than a 2001 Honda Passport when he turned the key. "The second I turned it over, and it sounded li...

Angry passenger uses emergency slide to leave jetliner in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyanese authorities say a first-class airline passenger was so angry at seeing economy passengers leave a jetliner before him that he yanked open an emergency hatch and slid down...

Canada agrees to build so-called 'Great Wall of Kandahar' to protect university

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - They've dubbed this project the Great Wall of Kandahar. The Canadian government struck a deal last week with officials at Kandahar University to build a three-kilometre peri...

Police hunting killer of 2 French students in London release suspect

LONDON - The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime....

OPEC chief says fall in record oil prices unlikely amid high demand

ALGIERS, Algeria - OPEC chief Chakib Khelil says the world's surging oil prices are not likely to fall. He says strong market demand, especially from China and India, is one reason prices will stay...

Iranian border guards have clashed with Kurdish separatists, kill one

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state radio says border guards have killed a Kurdish gunman in a shootout in the northwest of the country. The report says the suspect was part of a group planning to infiltr...

Thousands celebrate beginning of Pamplona's running of the bulls festival

PAMPLONA, Spain - Tens of thousands of people crowded into Pamplona's main square Sunday to celebrate the launching of a rocket that each year marks the beginning of Spain's most famous bull-running f...