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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When a Tennessee jailer ripped the gold grill from a new inmate's teeth two days before Thanksgiving last year, it left the 31-year-old man in excruciating pain and left taxpayers on the hook for nearly $100,000 in damages.

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their most public rift in a decade, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another.

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Robert Gary Jones was a pharmaceutical salesman on a business trip, looking forward to getting home to celebrate his daughter's third birthday. He was enjoying a moment to himself on this resort island, jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod. Officials say the Woodstock, Ga., man neither saw nor heard what struck him from behind Monday evening: A single-engine plane making an emergency landing.

China is mulling plans for a facility to handle returning moon rock samples as part of a step-by-step plan to explore the lunar surface with robotic probes.

AP - Prosecutors say a Chicago man accused of scouting the Indian city of Mumbai before a November 2008 terrorist rampage will plead guilty to federal charges.

Toyota's investigation of sudden acceleration in some of its cars is shifting to suburban New York, where a driver said her Prius sped up on its own and slammed into a stone wall.

Sunshine, dry air and light winds made for a bright, warm day today with highs in the lower 60s.

KSHB meteorologist Gary Lezak says St. Patrick's Day will start off cloudy, but the sun might come out in the afternoon. Wednesday's high will be 48. For the weekend, there's a chance of rain possibly turning to snow.

As the tax deadline draws near, the IRS wants you to beware of fraudulent tax preparers, hidden offshore bank accounts and offers that seem too good to be true.

As Obama administration touts new transparency, report finds 17 government agencies refused to release information nearly a half a million times in one year

AP - Nine crew members and passengers aboard a Jamaica-bound US Airways flight were taken to a hospital with coughs and sore throats after smelling strong odors Tuesday, two months after 15 people aboard the same jet were treated for similar problems.

Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey is in the driver’s seat and headed for the finish line in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Almost 40 percent of BlackBerry users would switch camp to an Apple iPhone , a recent study into smartphone brand loyalty shows.

Reuters - Communications regulators submitted to Congress a national broadband plan that aims to expand access, increase Internet speeds and shift airwaves to mobile services.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday said he was disappointed by a two-game suspension issued for a hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

In testy exchanges with House Republicans, the attorney general compared...

The infant who died in a house fire Monday was 10-month-old Deanna Lockhart, Kansas City police said today. This afternoon, the girl’s brother, 4, remained in critical condition at the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Cincinnati burn center, where he was flown shortly after the blaze, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Horns from passing motorists blared as supporters and opponents of sweeping health care legislation chanted and waved signs at a rally this afternoon outside the North Side office of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Columbus.

Committing to UNLV was something Grandy Glaze just got around to this week. In truth, he had a feeling a few months ago that playing his college ball in Las Vegas was highly likely. Glaze, a 6-foot-6, 235-pound power forward from Toronto, was taking part in UNLV's annual elite camp last summer, and can recall one play in particular.

VIERA, Fla. (AP) -The Washington Nationals ended an 0-11 spring skid with their first exhibition win, beating the Florida Marlins 12-3 in a split-squad game Tuesday that featured a grand slam by Willie Harris.

Two F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision last night while on a training mission in northern Nevada. Neither pilot was injured. Both aircraft are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven based at NAS Lemoore.

An argument between two rival rap groups could have sparked a shooting in a Pine Hills parking lot, deputies say.

AP - The girlfriend of actor Michael Douglas' wayward son was freed Tuesday after spending seven months in jail for becoming embroiled in Cameron Douglas' downward spiral with drugs.

Reuters - Tiger Woods will start trying to restore a reputation battered by marital infidelities at next month's U.S. Masters, the tournament which helped him become the world's most marketable sportsman.

A Houston man is facing charges after investigators say he paid for a teen boy living out of state to fly here, and then sexually assaulted him

Passengers were told to shut up and ration Pringles after what was supposed to be a direct flight from Los Angeles to New York turned into a 16-hour nightmare.

A Republican state lawmaker says he is responsible for moving a portrait of Democratic President Barack Obama that hangs in the state House chamber.

Parents who fear that buying a video game system will hurt their kids' schoolwork might be right.

The Champagne industry's trade association said Tuesday it is launching a new standard bottle to cut carbon emissions.

HARRISBURG -- After about 19 hours of deliberation, jurors have not yet reached a verdict in the government corruption case of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three associates

A man on an electric three-wheeled scooter was struck and killed Monday night in Antelope.
The man Reginaldo E. Rios, 58, of Antelope, was crossing Watt Avenue on his mobility scooter at Timberlane Place just after sunset about 7:35 p.m. when he was struck by a car traveling northbound on Watt Avenue.
The driver did not see Rios. Rios was dressed in dark clothing and his vehicle did not have reflectors or lights, according to the California Highway Patrol.

LAKE TWP.: The Lake Local Board of Education will continue to leave ''belief in God'' out of the district's mission statement, much to the disappointment of a group of Lake Township residents who crowded into the board's meeting Monday night.

Regrowing amputated limbs, broken backs and even damaged brains could one day be a reality after scientists discovered a gene that is key to the almost magical ability.

Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a U.S. activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza.

Whatcom County's unemployment rate reached 10 percent for the first time in more than 20 years as private sector industries reported job losses across the board.