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DENVER – The staff at the Colorado elementary school said no one could calm 8-year-old Aidan Elliott. He had just thrown a TV and chairs and was now trying to use a cart to bust through a door to an office where teachers had taken some young students for safety. They called the police. The...

One of the biggest crises in the history of U.S.-Pakistan relations has been resolved with the release of a CIA contractor charged with double murder. Raymond Davis was set free by a court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore after family members of the victims submitted affidavits saying...

LAHORE, Pakistan – An American CIA employee accused of murdering two Pakistanis appeared handcuffed in a Pakistani court on Friday, where he refused to sign a charge sheet after claiming diplomatic immunity, officials said. The detention of Raymond Allen Davis has severely frayed ties between...

-- A Pakistani judge on Thursday postponed until March 14 a hearing for a jailed American diplomat accused of shooting and killing two men, a government official said. Thursday's hearing was delayed after the Foreign Ministry asked that it be given three weeks to respond to questions from the...

-- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Pakistan to release a jailed U.S. diplomat accused of killing two people, warning that his prosecution could endanger the "important principle" of diplomatic immunity. "Obviously, we're concerned about the loss of life. You know, we're not callous...

-- A Pakistani court has ordered a jailed American diplomat to remain in custody for 14 more days, authorities said Friday. The man's lawyer then filed a petition calling for his immediate release, saying he is covered under diplomatic immunity. Raymond Davis, who allegedly shot and killed two...

-- Occupants of three trucks were working together in northern Mexico trying to pull over a vehicle carrying an American missionary before one of them shot the woman in the head, police said Thursday. An autopsy detailed Thursday indicated that Nancy Davis, 59, died a day earlier from a single...

-- An American missionary was fatally shot in Mexico on Wednesday, police said. The preliminary investigation indicated that Nancy Davis, 59, and her husband were traveling on a Mexican highway near the city of San Fernando, Mexico, when they were confronted by gunmen in a black pickup, the...

Energized by the prospect of taking on the Big Three, the Los Angeles Clippers came out attacking and never let up. Blake Griffin had 24 points and 14 rebounds for his 30th double-double, and the Clippers surprised Miami 111-105 Wednesday night, ending the Heat's 13-game road winning streak...

BIRMINGHAM, AL - She puts on her gloves, fastens her helmet and straps on her H20. Dianne Tripitelli Davis is gearing up for a 1,132 mile ride to Mexico! "A year ago, I wasn't a cyclist. I just bought this, I hired Tracy, and I said, lets see if we can do this by my 70th birthday, which was...

France up 2-0 over Spain in Davis Cup CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, (UPI) -- Wins Friday by Gael Monfils and Michael Llodra put France on the verge of eliminating two-time defending champion Spain from this year's Davis Cup tournament. Monfils battled to a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4 victory...

Manson 'family' member parole denied SACRAMENTO, (UPI) -- A former member of the Charles Manson family has had his parole recommendation denied by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. In January, Bruce Davis, 67, serving two life sentences for the 1969 killings of Spahn movie ranch farmhand...

Parker relished Moroccan film shoot NEW YORK, (UPI) -- U.S. actress Sarah Jessica Parker says she loved shooting "Sex and the City 2" in Morocco even though it was, at times, "laborious and Herculean." Parker, who lives in New York with her husband, actor Matthew Broderick, and their three...

MLS: Houston 2, Chivas USA 0 CARSON, Calif., May 9 (UPI) -- Brad Davis and Adrian Serioux scored first-half goals Saturday and the Houston Dynamo hung on to post a 2-0 victory over Chivas USA. Davis scored the game's first goal just 3 1/2 minutes in when Brian Mullan looped a ball to him over...