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<div>A federal appeals court has lifted the order banning public prayer at a Texas high school graduation Saturday. The reversal comes on the heels of increasing criticism of a federal judge's earlier ruling that agreed with the parents of one graduating student that religious expression...

Reuters – A customer counts his cash at the register while purchasing an item at a Best Buy store in Flushing, … By Leah Schnurr Leah Schnurr – 33 mins ago NEW YORK (Reuters) – Companies hired far fewer workers than expected in May and output in the manufacturing sector slowed to its lowest...

(CNN) -- South Korea launched an investigation Tuesday into reports of toxic chemicals being dumped at a former U.S. military base, the Defense Ministry said. The tests follow allegations of American soldiers burying chemicals on Korean soil. The first tests are being carried out by a joint...

(CNN) -- The family of an American citizen who was detained for several months in North Korea said Saturday it was ecstatic over news of his release and thanked the U.S. and North Korean governments for the roles they played in it. A U.S. team led by envoy Robert King left North Korea Saturday...

Washington (CNN) -- Osama bin Laden considered seeking a deal with Pakistan under which al Qaeda leaders in the country would be protected and, in return, al Qaeda would refrain from attacking Pakistan, a U.S. official told CNN Friday. The revelation surfaced as American agents analyzed the...

WASHINGTON, -- The U.S. House voted 416-5 Thursday to bar the Obama administration from placing ground troops in Libya. The vote was the latest indication of congressional concern the administration might be thinking about expanding the role of the U.S. military in North Africa, The Hill...

CNN) -- The population of the United States is still growing -- but not the way it once was. And it definitely isn't booming like populations in some other countries in the world. Between 2000 and 2010, the country grew at a rate of 9.7%, which was lower than any decade since the Great...

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Tiger Woods says he'll be ready to go for the U.S. Open. Good thing for Woods there's time to get healthy. The golfing great hasn't hit a ball in about two weeks. Woods needs crutches and a walking boot for relief on his aching left leg. He won't even start leg training...

Do Brits think Barack Obama is a bit of a "smart alec"? The label certainly appears to fit in the minds of British police. Scotland Yard, the UK's police force, has given Obama the security codename 'Chalaque' for his visit this week to the United Kingdom, the UK Daily Mail reports. The term is...

<div>PHOENIX -- The U.S. military has opened an investigation into the dumping of Agent Orange, after an exclusive CBS 5 investigation exposed a toxic secret. Veterans are breaking rank to tell how they were ordered to bury dangerous chemicals on a U.S. Army base. "My whole life, this is what...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., -- Chrysler Group LLC has deals pending that could allow it to repay the U.S. and Canadian governments $7.5 billion early next week, sources told The Detroit News.Originally, Chrysler said it would use $3.5 billion in bank loans and $2.5 billion in high-yield bonds to...

(CNN) -- Radical Islamic websites Wednesday posted an Arab Spring audio message purportedly recorded by Osama bin Laden shortly before he was killed. The recording, which is more than 12 minutes long and was released by al Qaeda's media arm, As-Sahab, lists the speaker as bin Laden and calls...

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<div>A German man was sentenced to six months in federal prison for bringing hundreds of tarantulas into the United States by mail. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero said he hoped the sentencing of Sven Koppler, 37, of Wachtburg, Germany, would deter others from trying to smuggle animals into...

CHICAGO, -- Taking a Pakistan-born businessman to trial in Chicago for alleged ties to the Mumbai terror carnage shows the United States' resolve, an ex-prosecutor says. The U.S. District Court trial of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, which is to start Monday with jury selection, comes in the wake of the...

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and IntercontinentalExchange withdrew their hostile $11.3 billion bid for rival NYSE Euronext on Monday, citing opposition from U.S. antitrust regulators. The withdrawal of the offer removes a major hurdle to NYSE Euronext's plans to sell itself to Deutsche Boerse AG for...

Pakistan's parliament condemned on Saturday the U.S. raid to find and kill Osama bin Laden, calling for a review of U.S. ties and warning that Pakistan could cut supply lines to American forces in Afghanistan if there were more such attacks. Pakistan's intelligence chief was cited as saying he...

The killing of Osama bin Laden in a firefight with U.S. special forces Sunday would seem to be one of the rare recent "champagne moments" in U.S. foreign policy. But U.S. national security officials and experts were muted in discussing this triumph, opting instead to stress the challenges the...

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. assault on his Pakistani compound on Monday, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had become the most powerful symbol of global terrorism. World leaders hailed bin...

It’s not shocking that Osama bin Laden was found in a comfortable Pakistan mansion—what’s shocking is that the U.S. pretends the country isn’t a harbor for terrorists. Plus, full coverage of bin Laden’s death. To me, as an American Muslim, it’s significant that bin Laden is dead...