Norway's Breivik deemed sane, sentenced to prison
Norway's Breivik deemed sane, sentenced to prison
Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik will receive his judgment for Norway's worst peacetime attacks, a bomb and gun rampage that left 77 people dead in July last year.
A Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison on Friday, denying prosecutors the insanity ruling they hoped would show that his massacre of 77 people was the work of a madman, not part of an anti-Muslim...
Q&A about Norway massacre case
Q&A about Norway massacre case
A chapter of a terror case that has haunted Norway for 13 months will end Friday as confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik receives his judgment for attacks that left 77 people dead and more than 200 injured.
A chapter of a terror case that has haunted Norway for 13 months ended Friday as confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was declared sane and sent to prison for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people and injured...
Hippo dies in SAfrica rescue op
Hippo dies in SAfrica rescue op
A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge's swimming pool. Now it's stuck there.
A hippo who wandered into a swimming pool at a South African game reserve three days ago died Friday before a capture team could pull him out with a crane.
10 Things to Know for Friday
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Armstrong facing loss of 7 Tour de France titles
Armstrong facing loss of 7 Tour de France titles
Never one to back away from a fight, Lance Armstrong is finally giving in and the cost of quitting is steep: His seven Tour de France titles could be gone as soon as Friday.
Never one to back away from a fight, Lance Armstrong is finally giving in and the cost of quitting is steep: His seven Tour de France titles could be gone as soon as Friday.
SKorean court rules Samsung didn't copy iPhone
SKorean court rules Samsung didn't copy iPhone
A South Korean court ruled Friday that technology giants Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. both infringed on each other's patents, and ordered a partial ban of their products in South Korea. The court also...
South Korea's Samsung won a home court ruling in its global smartphone battle against Apple on Friday when judges in Seoul said the company didn't copy the look and feel of the U.S. company's iPhone, and that...
Woman killed in Md. train derailment to be buried
Woman killed in Md. train derailment to be buried
Funeral services are scheduled for one of the two women killed in a train derailment in Maryland's Ellicott City outside Baltimore.
Funeral services are scheduled for one of the two women killed in a train derailment in Maryland's Ellicott City outside Baltimore.
Isaac aims for Hispaniola, projections downgraded
Isaac aims for Hispaniola, projections downgraded
Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, but seemed unlikely to gain enough steam early Friday to strike the island of Hispaniola as a hurricane.
Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, but seemed unlikely to gain enough steam early Friday to strike the island of Hispaniola as a hurricane.
McRaven tells troops to pipe down
McRaven tells troops to pipe down
Special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven is warning he will take legal action against anyone under his command if they're found guilty of exposing sensitive information that could cause fellow forces harm.
Special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven warned his troops, current and former, that he would take legal action against anyone found to have exposed sensitive information that could cause fellow forces harm.
AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-mining
AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-mining
Mitt Romney's success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the costliest presidential race ever can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining project that sifts through Americans' personal...
Mitt Romney's success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the costliest presidential race ever can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining project that sifts through Americans' personal information -...
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