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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:21am

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:20am

(AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:18am

(AP) — Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:18am

(AP) — Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:59pm

(AP) — Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:55pm

(AP) — LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:51pm

(AP) — A government investigation says poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:49pm

(AP) — Gov't probe faults construction materials, code violations for Bangladesh building collapse.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:44pm

(AP) — The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:42pm

(AP) — A Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:30pm

(AP) — Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese climber becomes oldest man to summit Everest.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:20pm

(AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will close its two Australian auto plants, ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:17pm

(AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:13pm

(AP) — A man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:07pm

(AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:03pm

(AP) — Asian stock markets fell Thursday, weighed down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs a shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 10:59pm

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 10:46pm

(AP) — A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile economic recovery is slowing.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 10:43pm

(AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 10:42pm

(AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title.