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U.S., Germany to Russia: Don’t send Assad missiles

WASHINGTON — The United States and Germany on Friday warned Russia not to endanger a planned peace conference for Syria or alter the balance of power in the Middle East by providing an advanced air defense system to President Bashar Assad’s embattled regime.

US woman facing drug charge released in Mexico

NOGALES, Mexico — An Arizona woman held in a Mexico jail for a week on a drug-smuggling charge was freed after a court reviewed her case, including key security footage, and dismissed the allegations.

Arvind Mahankali wins National Spelling Bee

OXON HILL, Md. — Arvind Mahankali has conquered his nemesis, the German language, to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

 
German man had pencil in head for 15 years

German doctors say a man spent 15 years with a 4-inch pencil in his head following a childhood accident.

Deadline for recall bid against Arizona’s ‘Sheriff Joe’

PHOENIX — A group trying to oust the polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix faces a Thursday deadline for handing in voter signatures in an uphill battle to force a recall election against the lawman.

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Boston bombing suspect walking, claims innocence

The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were innocent, their mother told The Associated Press on Thursday.

 
Russians find preserved woolly mammoth carcass

Russian researchers say they have discovered a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth carcass with liquid blood on a remote Arctic island, fueling hopes of cloning the Ice Age animal.

 
Disneyland worker arrested in park’s dry-ice blast

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Police arrested a Disneyland employee on suspicion of putting a so-called dry ice bomb in a theme park trash can where it exploded, authorities said Wednesday.

 
College basketball player announces he’s gay

Jallen Messersmith, a shot-blocking specialist from a small Kansas college announced he’s gay making him the first openly gay active player in U.S. men’s college basketball.

AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday.

Affidavit: Maine man tried to stage girl’s kidnap, be hero

A man used a fake Facebook account to lure a teenage girl out of her house in an attempt to stage her kidnapping and rescue so he could look like a hero but ended up killing her, a police affidavit released Wednesday said.

Economic gains boost US confidence to 5-year high

Americans are more confident in the U.S. economy than at any point in the past five years, thanks to surging home values, a brighter job market and record-setting stock prices.