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Tenants and their supporters are building homeless encampments to dramatize what they fear will happen if rent laws expire.

Even as the United States and Russia work to implement a nuclear treaty to reduce their total number of nuclear weapons, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev touched upon the highly sensitive issue of missile defense on Thursday as he met with President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit in France.

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Unlike immigrants from Europe and Asia, most Africans in the New World have little or no detailed accounts of their ancestors’ lives and histories.

Two NYPD officers accused of rape are found not guilty. An attorney for Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata, the two New York police officers acquitted of rape and burglary charges Thursday morning said his clients are elated.

A Wisconsin judge struck down a law paring back most public employees unions' collective bargaining rights.

Two New York police officers were found not guilty of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her back to her apartment, although they were found guilty of official misconduct for making a fake 911 call at a nearby payphone.

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A 22-year-old Marine who had come to New York for Fleet Week died early Thursday after he was struck by a car while crossing the West Side Highway, the New York Times reported.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who officially announced his candidacy for president earlier this week, broke with House Republicans over Medicare, saying Wednesday that his plan to reform Medicare would allow seniors to choose between the current program or other options.

Some of the biggest and best-known international banks held billions of dollars Libyan state oil money.

A Harold Camping follower drowned minutes after earthquakes were set to convulse the planet as he swam towards what he believed would be divine redemption.

The search for victims is continuing unabated on Thursday, just days after a massive tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, a city of 50,000 and killed 125 in the latest death toll count.

The arrest of Serbian war criminal fugitive Ratko Mladic has been hailed by leading political figures in Europe and the U.S.

In a rare public appearance, former Vice President Dick Cheney said he hopes House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan doesn't run for president. And his reason is an interesting one.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) continued his vocal opposition to extending parts of the Patriot Act yesterday, sparring with Senate leaders who were trying to convene a vote before provisions of the bill expired.

John Edwards' lawyer categorically denied any wrongdoing by the disgraced politician yesterday amidst reports that the Justice Department was preparing an indictment.

In the aftermath of Republican defeat in a New York special Congressional election, Republican House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan is now bearing the brunt of voter anger, but it won't deter him from fighting for his Medicare plan --- even if it ruins his political career, according to a report.

A bomb detonated near a court building in northwestern Pakistan has killed five people and wounded eleven others, local police officials said.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California who is already dealing with a wide number of embarrassing revelations about his personal life, has denied tabloid reports that he used public funds to hide his extramarital liaisons.

Elizabeth Smart on Wednesday faced Brian David Mitchell the man who kidnapped her and whom she said raped her daily for nine months in 2002.

He may not be as globally well-known as Osama bin Laden, but Ratko Mladic is one of the most notorious war criminals of our era.

A new Gallup poll of declared and prospective Republican presidential candidates shows a crowded field led by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has yet to formally launch a campaign.

Neo-Nazi movements have cropped up in some unlikely places. Consider Mongolia, the vast and remote nation in northern Asia.

Iceland volcano should calm down within few days because its producing steam and not ash, police told Reuters on Thursday. There will be no further disturbance to flights in northern Europe.

A new bill signed Wednesday by the Republican governor of Wisconsin will now require voters in the state to show photo identification when they go to the polls, Reuters reported.

A Georgian opposition party protest in the capital of Tbilisi was violently broken down by riot police, who used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse several hundred demonstrators, who demanded the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Experts warn that the worsening of the debt crisis means dramatic hike in interest rates, a free fall of the dollar and higher inflation. The negative impact of this scenario will be felt across the world, bedeviling economic recovery everywhere. Critics say the Federal Reserve mandarins are engaging in the outright destruction of the dollar.

Some wives of Osama Bin Laden think his youngest wife, Amal al-Sadah from Yemen, may have tipped off the terror mastermind to the Americans. This is apparently the latest juicy detail to have escaped closed door questioning of Bin Laden's captured family by Pakistani interrogators.