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Shoppers walk through the parking lot toward the Target store in Valley Stream, N.Y. / File photo/The Associated Press NEW YORK - Americans loosened their purse strings in May to update their wardrobes with bright new styles and take advantage of Mother's Day promotions.

By BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press Kentucky will change the way it executes prisoners after a judge ordered it to rethink the current injection process that involves three drugs.

By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press The International Monetary Fund says it has not been asked by Spain for a bailout and has not begun preparing one.

By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press The International Monetary Fund says it has not been asked by Spain for a bailout and has not begun preparing one.

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Carbs? Calories? Fat? They are so very last decade.

A police officer removes a package from the Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday.

Federal officials say more than two dozen bus operations that transported more than 1,800 passengers a day along Interstate 95 between New York and Florida have been shut down for safety violations.

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By The Associated Press Southwest Airlines is planning to offer international service out of Houston's Hobby Airport with the city council's adoption of a $100 million plan to expand the airport... By The Associated Press Southwest Airlines is planning to offer international service out of Houston's Hobby Airport with the city council's adoption of ... (more)

Brazilian prosecutors are asking a court to force Shell and BASF to pay $500 million in compensation to workers allegedly contaminated at an agriculture chemicals plant.

A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself has publicly apologized for the first time.

Two officials told The Associated Press that the UN Human Rights Council has approved a special session to address the massacre in Houla that drew international condemnation and prompted the U.S. and at least a dozen other nations to expel Syrian diplomats on Tuesday.

Per the Associated Press, the second federal trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno will begin Feb 4. Bruno was convicted in 2009 of depriving the public of honest services in charges related to his outside business interests while serving as one of the state's most powerful figures.

Sudan withdrew its army Tuesday from the disputed Abyei border region that contains rich oil fields and is contested by neighboring South Sudan, handing it over to U.N. forces, the United Nations said.

By COLLEEN BARRY and LUCA BRUNO Associated Press MIRANDOLA, Italy - A powerful earthquake killed at least 15 people and left 200 injured Tuesday as it rocked a swath of northern Italy.

The sister of a man who confessed last week to the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City said Tuesday she went to police in Camden years ago to report a rumor he had confessed at a prayer group but never got beyond giving a statement at the reception desk.Norma Hernandez, of Camden, told The Associated Press she gave her statement ... (more)

The sister of a man who confessed to last week to the 1979 killing of a little boy in New York now says she told police in the 1980s that her brother had killed a boy.

By PABLO GORONDI Associated Press Oil rose to near $92 a barrel Monday as Greek polls suggested pro-austerity parties might win elections next month, raising the likelihood the country will stay in the euro... By PABLO GORONDI Associated Press The price of oil rose slightly to above $91 a barrel Tuesday amid concerns that tensions over Iran's ... (more)

Dentist Frank Illuzzi was stunned when Vermont tax collectors began demanding a 6 percent sales tax on the value of toothbrushes and floss he hands out to patients.

The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.