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Blagojevich says his impeachment no surprise

CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the Illinois House of Representatives'decision to impeach him was no surprise because he's been engaged in a struggle with legislators since his re-election in 2006...

SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered the writings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski be sold online. The decision Friday upholds a lower court ruling. Proceeds from the sale wil...

WASHINGTON - Get ready for the in-law in chief. Transition officials said Friday U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, is moving into the White House to join Michelle ...

CAIRO, Egypt - An estimated 50,000 people protested in the Egyptian coastal city Alexandria after Friday prayers, joining thousands of people in more than a dozen cities in the Middle East and elsewhe...

WASHINGTON - A U.S. federal appeals court said Friday it would not review the "enemy combatant" designation of detainees at Guantanomo Bay. Three detainees had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for t...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Helicopters plucked tourists from destroyed mountaintop resorts, as the death toll from Costa Rica's magnitude-6.1 earthquake rose to at least nine victims, the Red Cross said F...

ATHENS, Greece - Riot police fought running street battles with masked youths once more after an Athens rally Friday, in the first major test of the new Greek cabinet's threat to crack down on violenc...

GONAIVES, Haiti - The farmer camps in a crude tent of broken sandbags as he guards the foundation of his destroyed home and his last possessions: a pickaxe, a hoe and some charcoal. This is the thi...

WASHINGTON - The global financial crisis could force U.S. allies to scale back their efforts in Afghanistan, or possibly even pull out, NATO's top commander said Friday. "We are going to have some ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a state Senate trial on whether he should be...

JERUSALEM - Israeli jets and helicopters bombarded the Gaza Strip on Friday and Hamas responded with a barrage of rockets on at least two cities as both sides ignored a UN call for an immediate ceasef...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - At least four people were directly killed by a strong earthquake that rocked Costa Rica and another person died of a heart attack, officials said Friday. Nearly two dozen oth...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali pirates released an oil-laden Saudi supertanker after receiving a $3-million ransom, a negotiator for the bandits said Friday. A U.S. navy photo of a parachute carrying ...

LONDON - An animal charity says it won't seek the prosecution of Prince Edward on allegations he beat his dog while out shooting. The Royal Society for the Protection of Animals said Friday there w...

MIAMI - The son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor will serve 97 years in prison for torture after being convicted in the first case under a U.S. law against atrocities overseas. A federal...

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is questioning whether Caroline Kennedy is getting better treatment from the news media in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat than the battering she says she received ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a state Senate trial on whether he should be...

LAHORE, Pakistan - A series of small blasts went off near a major government building and a theatre in eastern Pakistan late Friday, but there was no immediate confirmation of any casualties. Polic...

WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama called latest report of U.S. job losses Friday "a stark reminder of how urgently action is needed" to revive the staggering economy. He spoke after th...

Obama names Panetta for CIA

WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has introduced his choices for CIA chief - Leon Panetta - and national intelligence director - retired Admiral Dennis Blair. Obama said they will help...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked Costa Rica has risen to 14 with at least 22 people still missing, the Red Cross said Friday. The magnitude-6.1 quake shook...

BAGHDAD - American troops in Iraq will be allowed to drink beer while watching this year's Super Bowl without fear of court martial. In what is sure to be a major morale boost, Gen. Raymond Odierno...

VICTORVILLE, Calif. - A six-year-old boy brought a loaded handgun to his Southern California elementary school and it wasn't discovered until recess when he was sent to the campus office because of sa...

PARIS - A Judicial official says a juvenile court judge has filed preliminary charges against four French teenagers accused of attacking a Jewish girl, amid tensions around Europe over the fighting in...

GRETNA, La. - A Louisiana baby sitter is charged with second-degree murder after prosecutors say she put a baby into a spinning clothes dryer for disturbing her television watching. Nineteen-year-o...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canada's biggest engineering firm, which for decades has operated in some of the world's hot spots, has been selected to refurbish a derelict Afghan dam that has been billed as...

WASHINGTON - To Barack Obama, from Congress on behalf of the American people: One hand-cut, crystal bowl with an etching of his new home in Washington. The president-elect will receive the present ...

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says CBS News anchor Katie Couric and comic actress Tina Fey have been "exploiting" her. Palin also is questioning whether Caroline Kennedy is getting better tr...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police say a roadside bomb targeting worshippers on their way to pray at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad has killed three people. An Iraqi police officer says six others were also wounde...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A contractor has been picked to refurbish a derelict Afghan dam that has been billed as one of Canada's "signature projects" in Afghanistan, says Canada's top diplomat in Kanda...