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SEOUL, South Korea – Two U.S. journalists accused by North Korea of crossing into the country illegally from China and committing “hostile acts” will be tried on criminal charges, the isolated nation announced Friday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who work for San Francisco-based Current TV, a media venture founded …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities say a passenger car and a jail transport bus crashed on Interstate-95 in South Florida. Authorities say the car lost control and came into the path of the bus, striking it. The car’s driver was transported to the hospital and the passenger denied any injuries. …

The mother of the 4-year-old girl who was the focus of a nationwide search until found at Morning Star Ranch, a retreat and rehabilitation center in Valley Center, Calif., earlier this week, agreed Thursday to be returned to Ohio, where she will likely face criminal charges. Candace Watson, 24, and …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s embattled president has relinquished command of the country’s nuclear arsenal amid political wrangling that has posed a major distraction to the U.S.-allied government as it fights Taliban and other militants near the Afghan border. The move came as President Asif Ali Zardari faced the expiration on Saturday …

WHEATON, Ill. – A suburban Chicago man with schizophrenia has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for drowning his 8-year-old daughter in a toilet. DuPage County prosecutors say Neil Lofquist claimed his daughter, Lauren, “was evil and it is what God intended.” They say he choked her, drowned her …

PADUCAH, Ky. – A former U.S. Army soldier accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her family was upset after losing several friends in combat but didn’t appear to struggle more than anyone else in his unit, one of his commanding officers testified. Steven Dale Green, …

ATLANTA – Police are searching for a vehicle they say drove away from a crash that killed an infant and four others and left a woman in critical condition just outside Atlanta. Fulton County Police detective Melissa Parker says the crash happened around 1:45 p.m. Sunday when a BMW and …

NEW YORK – Experience the Passion of Christ — in 140-character tweets. In a marriage of Christian tradition and digital technology, Wall Street’s Trinity Church is using the micro-blogging service Twitter to perform the story of Jesus Christ. Followers of twspassionplay will receive tweets from the main characters of the …

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has ordered more than 10 trillion yen ($99 billion) in fresh spending to rescue the world’s second-biggest economy from its deepest recession since World War II. The figure amounts to more than 2 percent of Japan’s gross domestic product, Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano …

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A man and woman were thrown from the motorcycle they were riding after it hit a mattress that flew off a pontoon trailer on a Grand Forks County road. The Highway Patrol says 48-year-old Wesley Thompson and 45-year-old Cheryl Thompson, both of Thompson, were taken to …