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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) — Three more states have received permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

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.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:07pm

(AP) — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:03pm

(AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:00pm

(AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:57pm

(AP) — Jodi Arias' lawyers have asked to withdraw from the case and say they won't call any witnesses in the penalty phase of her trial.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:53pm

(AP) — Jodi Arias' lawyers have asked to withdraw from case and say they won't call any witnesses in penalty phase of her trial.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:50pm

It's a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for openly gay character Kevin Keller in Archie Comics.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:50pm

(AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.