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AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon.

06 Feb 2012 12:25pm GMT

AP - Clint Eastwood's patriotic pep talk about "halftime in America" might just as well have applied to NBC.

06 Feb 2012 12:25pm GMT

AP - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is keeping up the Obama administration's pressure on Egypt to release 19 Americans facing trial on allegations of encouraging unrest in the country.

06 Feb 2012 12:23pm GMT

Reuters - An "intentional" house explosion on Sunday near Tacoma, Washington killed the husband and two sons of a Utah woman missing since December 2009, fire department officials said.

06 Feb 2012 12:15pm GMT

AP - The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are canceled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd acts with young students, officials said.

06 Feb 2012 11:14am GMT

AP - A second Marine is going to trial for allegedly hazing a fellow Marine who later fatally shot himself in Afghanistan.

06 Feb 2012 9:51am GMT

AP - A trial opening this week has the dramatic elements of a TV crime show - a bloody murder scene, two pretty women and a love triangle that could have precipitated the killing.

06 Feb 2012 9:07am GMT

AP - Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon.

06 Feb 2012 9:04am GMT

AP - Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them.

06 Feb 2012 9:00am GMT

AP - Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish.

06 Feb 2012 8:46am GMT

AP - Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.

06 Feb 2012 8:41am GMT

AP - A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.

06 Feb 2012 8:21am GMT

A ticker tape parade awaits the New York Giants this week when the team returns home as Super Bowl champions after defeating the New England Patriots in a last-minute touchdown.

06 Feb 2012 8:13am GMT

AP - For decades, tourists visiting this popular Adirondack village could gape at the skeletons of soldiers from nearby French and Indian War sites. Then in 1993, a somber reburial ceremony was held to finally put the remains to rest.

06 Feb 2012 7:37am GMT

An L.A. elementary school at the center of two child abuse cases will be closed for two days this week as the investigations continue, officials said.

06 Feb 2012 7:33am GMT

The trial of a University of Virginia lacrosse player who is accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend is expected to begin Monday.

06 Feb 2012 7:11am GMT

AP - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

06 Feb 2012 6:49am GMT

AP - The repeat performance was just as good as the first for New York Giants fans as they watched their team again beat the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday in the Super Bowl.

06 Feb 2012 4:58am GMT

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, one of Wall Street's most powerful figures, has become the first major business leader to join a national media campaign in support of same-sex marriage.

06 Feb 2012 4:16am GMT

Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League over an incident in which he was wrapped in a Torah scroll and crowned "king."

06 Feb 2012 12:42am GMT

Nearly 500 cases of Norovirus have been reported on two Florida-based Princess Cruises ships, the cruise line said Sunday.

05 Feb 2012 11:10pm GMT

In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.

04 Feb 2012 4:23pm GMT

Zalman King, a one-time actor who went on to produce and direct numerous films including "Wild Orchid," died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer, his son-in-law said.

04 Feb 2012 1:23pm GMT

An Alabama robbery suspect fatally stabbed a police officer in jail, escaped in a stolen patrol car and wounded another officer before he was killed, authorities said Friday.

04 Feb 2012 8:02am GMT

Justice Department prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

04 Feb 2012 1:52am GMT

Unraveling the complex back stories of the more than 200 pardons issued by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is revealing serious questions about how pardon review decisions were carried out.

03 Feb 2012 5:31pm GMT