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U.N. nuclear watchdog expects deal with Iran

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:40 EDT

The head of the IAEA says he will sign an agreement soon with Iran over its nuclear program. World powers and Iran gather in Baghdad for talks on Wednesday.

Egyptians to vote in historic election

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:41:38 EDT

Egyptians are expected Wednesday to begin voting in an historic presidential election, capping for some the popular uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak more than a year ago.

Implant claim triggers flight diversion

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:30:46 EDT

A passenger who said she had a surgically implanted device inside her prompted a security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jet, officials said.

Pleas entered in honeymoon slaying

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:59:58 EDT

Two men accused of murdering an Irish teacher on her honeymoon last year pleaded not guilty when they appeared in court in Mauritius on Tuesday, police on the Indian Ocean island said.

Reagan foundation out to halt blood sale

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:33:36 EDT

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation threatened legal action over the online sale of a vial purportedly containing dried blood from the former president following a 1981 assassination attempt.

Frequent sex abuse at prison claimed

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:41:02 EDT

An Alabama women's prison is the focus of a formal complaint filed with the Justice Department on Tuesday that alleges male guards for years engaged in the widespread sexual abuse of female inmates, according to a nonprofit group called The Equal Justice Initiative.

Body of missing Harvard student found

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:00:59 EDT

The desperate search in Portland, Maine, for a Harvard Business School student missing since Sunday ended in heartbreak after his body was found just days before he was to graduate.

Mountain lion shot at office building

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:18:32 EDT

Authorities in Santa Monica, California, fatally shot a mountain lion Tuesday, acting on public safety concerns after it tried to escape from an office building courtyard in the city.

Other-ness: What Obama, Romney share

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:37:12 EDT

The uproar last week over a proposed campaign ad highlighting President Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, lit up political circles before organizers finally backed off the idea.

Opinion: Hidden danger of cancer test

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:58:07 EDT

Otis Brawley says a new report shows that years of routine, mass prostate cancer screening has brought more risk than benefit--but not for the medical industry that has grown up around it