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National & World (New) 'American Idol' judges spread the love for final 3

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 11:05 PM MDT

The three "American Idol" finalists earned nearly uniform votes of confidence Wednesday from the show's judges. Now it's the audience tally that will determine which two compete for glory in next week's finale.

National & World (New) Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims

By SUE MANNING Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 10:48 PM MDT

Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.

National & World GI killed in Cambodia awarded Medal of Honor (Photo Gallery)

By MARK S. SMITH Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 2:45 PM MDT Last Updated: May 16, 2012 at 3:42 PM MDT

President Barack Obama has awarded an Army soldier the Medal of Honor 42 years after the rifleman was killed during a Vietnam-era clash in Cambodia.

National & World (New) Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births

By HOPE YEN Associated Pres Published: May 16, 2012 at 10:42 PM MDT

For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

National & World TB patient charged in Calif. for not taking meds

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 6:46 PM MDT

Authorities in California took the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious.

National & World Groom called his family about 'bad fight' before bride found dead

By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 5:56 PM MDT Last Updated: May 16, 2012 at 6:13 PM MDT

Hours after police found Estrella Carrera stabbed to death in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore to celebrate her wedding to her on-and-off boyfriend, her family received a haunting phone call from the groom's family.

National & World RFK Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY (Photo Gallery)

By JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 3:45 PM MDT Last Updated: May 16, 2012 at 4:41 PM MDT

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.

National & World Boise elementary students visited by NFL player (Photo Gallery)

By KBOI Web Staff Published: May 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM MDT

BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - Students from White Pine Elementary School in Boise had a special visitor Wednesday morning.

Seattle Seahawk fullback Michael Robinson came to Boise to meet with the students after they won a statewide competition sponsored by the NFL and the Idaho Dairy Council.

The Fuel Up to Play 60 program encourages young people to eat healthy and be physically active for 60 minutes each day.

White Pine students were able to ask Robinson questions, and he talked to them about the importance of healthy eating and regular exercise.

Robinson also helped judge a "touchdown dance-off".

The students at White Pine students won the statewide competition by eating right, getting active, and making healthy changes.

National & World Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress (Video)

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 1:18 PM MDT Last Updated: May 16, 2012 at 2:12 PM MDT

John Edwards' defense team rested Wednesday without calling the two-time Democratic presidential candidate or his one-time mistress to the witness stand, a sign of confidence after presenting little more than two days of testimony and evidence.

National & World Dancer: $1,000 buttocks enhancement damaged lungs

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 1:19 PM MDT Last Updated: May 16, 2012 at 4:37 PM MDT

A Philadelphia woman dubbed "the Black Madam" used silicone from Thailand and Krazy Glue to perform at-home cosmetic surgery that left an exotic dancer with a plump derriere - and potentially deadly complications, the dancer testified Wednesday.

National & World Killer of 3 says he may request death

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 8:59 AM MDT

A man on Connecticut's death row for the murder of a suburban mother and her two daughters says he believes the only way he will be put to death is if he volunteers for the lethal injection.

National & World Father: Woman with flesh-eating bug is alert

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 8:56 AM MDT

A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

National & World Investigators find 'black box' of plane that crashed into volcano

By ALI KOTARUMALOS Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 8:49 AM MDT

Investigators on Wednesday were analyzing the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into the side of an Indonesian volcano. They hope the final words of the two pilots will help explain what caused last week's crash, which killed all 45 people on board.

National & World EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center

By ABDI GULED and SLOBODAN LEKIC Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 8:54 AM MDT

European Union naval forces in attack helicopters on Tuesday conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back operations.

National & World Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2012 at 8:46 AM MDT

Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more interested in making profits than in the needs of workers.

National & World Obama assets valued between $2.6M and $8.3M

By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Published: May 15, 2012 at 10:36 PM MDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold assets worth between nearly $2.6 million and nearly $8.3 million, according to financial disclosure reports released Tuesday by the White House.

National & World Facebook IPO could mean up to $2.1B for Calif.

By Associated Press Published: May 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM MDT

Facebook's public stock offering this week is projected to generate between $1.6 billion and $2.1 billion through mid-2013 for California's budget as shareholders cash in their shares.

National & World New effort filed to free O.J. Simpson in Nevada

By KEN RITTER Associated Press Published: May 15, 2012 at 5:01 PM MDT

A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison, alleging the former football star was so badly represented in his trial and previous lawyers that he deserves a new one.

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