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Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:29pm

(AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:25pm

(AP) — Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:23pm

(AP) — A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days — 384 times, up and around — bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:22pm

(AP) — A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his house over the weekend, firing a barrage of bullets that instantly killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched television from a chair near the front picture window.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:10pm

(AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:10pm

(AP) — Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:08pm

(AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles there.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:01pm

(AP) — A new Israeli report into the death of a Palestinian boy during a fierce gunbattle in the Gaza Strip more than a dozen years ago has reignited an emotional debate over who killed him — and how the incident has shaped perspectives of the Mideast conflict.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:58pm

(AP) — The New York Police Department is defending itself in a federal civil rights lawsuit over its surveillance of Muslims. It says in a new court filing that nothing it has done violated surveillance guidelines imposed by a federal judge in a previous case.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:57pm

United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:54pm

(AP) — Small companies took the limelight Monday on a slow but choppy start to the week.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:51pm

(AP) — The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to President Barack Obama. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Ruemmler "appropriately" decided not to tell Obama at the time because the audit was ongoing.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:47pm

(AP) — A new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil. Most were sunk during World War II.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:38pm

(AP) — An accounting executive for AEG Live LLC says the company spent $24 million producing Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:34pm

(AP) — Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will leave at the end of the season after three years at the Spanish club, paving the way for an expected return to Chelsea.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:32pm

(AP) — A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:31pm

(AP) — NBC went out of the company and out of the country to find a president for its news division, on Monday naming the first woman to hold the top job.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:27pm

(AP) — Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams denies ever contemplating suicide, and says private comments he made in text messages are being taken out of context by his ex-fiancee in a lawsuit over the possession of a $785,000 diamond engagement ring.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:23pm

(AP) — The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:09pm

(AP) — The Jodi Arias murder trial has wrapped up for the day and will continue Tuesday with the defendant speaking to the jury.