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Chinese company to buy US movie theater chain AMC

10:37 PM, May 20, 2012

Chinese conglomerate has announced it will buy U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings for $2.6 billion

NATO declares missile shield up and running

8:28 PM, May 20, 2012

NATO says that its European missile shield is up and running with a basic capability to shoot down incoming missiles.

Trayvon Martin's mother speaks at Baltimore church

7:39 PM, May 20, 2012

Mother of Trayvon Martin got a standing ovation before speaking to parishioners at a Baltimore church.

Jailed Israeli president freed briefly

11:07 AM, May 20, 2012

 Israel's jailed former president has been freed for a few hours to attend his son's wedding.

Egypt presidential candidate joins hunger strike

11:02 AM, May 20, 2012

An Egypt presidential candidate has joined dozens of activists on hunger strike.

Nepal police detain protesters enforcing strike

10:34 AM, May 20, 2012

KAPolice spokesman Binod Singh says the protesters attacked and burned at least two dozen vehicles.

Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead

10:16 AM, May 20, 2012

A son says the former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died in Tripoli.

Disinvited gay speaker to give remarks at CMU

10:04 AM, May 20, 2012

A graduate of a Michigan Catholic high school wasn't allowed to speak at the school's commencement because he is gay

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material

9:46 AM, May 20, 2012

Pakistan's telecommunications authority says the government has blocked the social networking website Twitter

Obama says 'emerging consensus' on eurozone

6:28 PM, May 19, 2012

President Barack Obama says there's an "emerging consensus" that more must be done to promote jobs growth in Europe

Guatemala's Fuego volcano belches ash, lava

5:53 PM, May 19, 2012

The Fuego volcano in Guatemala has begun shooting lava and columns of ash into the air, and authorities have raised the alert level in the area.

SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last second

5:50 PM, May 19, 2012

A new private rocket is stuck on the ground after an aborted launch.

First tropical storm of the season forms off SC

5:20 PM, May 19, 2012

The first tropical storm of the season has formed off the coast of South Carolina

Top Pa. judge charged with campaign corruption

1:04 AM, May 19, 2012

Pennsylvania's Judicial Conduct Board is filing disciplinary charges against state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.

Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove

8:23 PM, May 18, 2012

Federal authorities have blamed a Colorado man for starting a wildfire that has burned about 12 square miles in the northern part of the state.

New director named for National Hurricane Center

8:21 PM, May 18, 2012

The U.S. government's hurricane forecasting hub in Miami has chosen The Weather Channel's tropical weather expert to be its next chief.

Facebook stock jumps in public debut

6:51 PM, May 18, 2012

Facebook is updating its status to "public company" as its stock jumps in its debut on the Nasdaq.

Man believed to be the Zodiac killer died this year

1:22 PM, May 18, 2012

A man believed to be the infamous Californian serial killer was 91 and just died in February.

Greece to dissolve Parliament for new election

6:04 AM, May 18, 2012

Greece's Parliament is to be dissolved so new elections can be held June 17.

Suspect arrested in deadly Miss. highway shootings

5:50 AM, May 18, 2012

Authorities say they've arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate highway stretches.

Autopsy: Evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin's blood

11:51 PM, May 17, 2012

The autopsy was among a large amount of evidence released by prosecutors on Thursday.

65 homes evacuated near blaze in northern Colorado

8:30 PM, May 17, 2012

Fire officials have ordered mandatory evacuations for residents of 65 homes near a wildfire burning near a scenic canyon in northern Colorado.

Mich. Dems seek repeal of 'stand your ground' laws

7:16 PM, May 17, 2012

More than a dozen Democratic Michigan House members have introduced legislation to repeal the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law

Ohio couple sentenced in case of locked-in girl

7:10 PM, May 17, 2012

Ohio couple who kept a 9-year-old girl barricaded in a bathroom for several years goes to prison

Man accused of killing his bride hours after wedding

5:40 PM, May 17, 2012

The man is accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub just hours after getting married.

'Terminator 3' actor Nick Stahl missing in LA

5:30 PM, May 17, 2012

Police say the 32-year-old actor in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" has been reported missing by his wife.

Forecasters say heat will stay on this summer

1:42 PM, May 17, 2012

The forecast for June through August calls for warmer-than-normal weather for about three-quarters of the nation.

Coroner: RFK Jr.'s wife died of hanging

12:20 PM, May 17, 2012

 A medical examiner in suburban New York says the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. died of asphyxiation due to hanging.

'Swamp People' star Mitchell Guist died of natural causes

11:45 AM, May 17, 2012

Guist died after collapsing Monday while working on a houseboat he was building on Belle River.