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Three U.S. hostages rescued from Colombian rebels after more than five years in captivity are in good condition and undergoing the transition back to normal life, military officials said Thursday.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a legal reason to get a late-term abortion, a restriction not embraced by many pro-choice supporters.

Like many Americans, Kent Couch plans to settle into a lawn chair during the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike everyone else, his feet will dangle high above the lawn.

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of a 19th-century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii - opening the way for him to be declared a saint.

A Coast Guard cutter collided with a Block Island Ferry carrying more than 250 passengers in dense fog Wednesday, but no serious injuries were reported, authorities said.

Trapping them in giant cages. Using enormous nets to herd them out to sea. Playing recordings of killer whales.

An explosive wildfire ravaged the hillsides above this scenic coastal community Thursday, leaving the popular tourist region mostly deserted ahead of the holiday weekend.

Few of the 3,000 historic postcards in Jack Hiddlestone's collection are as veiled in mystery as the one with Abraham Lincoln on the front.

Conservative black pastors nationwide are caught between irreconcilable opposites - congregations that favor Sen. Barack Obama versus their personal doubts about his politics.

Soaring gasoline prices, tumbling stocks, the war, the nukes, the bickering between political parties as trouble looms. Yet the nation's patriotism remains very much intact. Alive and well, in fact.

Steve Cohen may be the unlikeliest freshman in Congress.

Three weeks ago, a New York City man - who requests anonymity so as not to spoil his cover for future bargain hunting - perused a Manhattan flea market and paid $10 for an ugly print of a flower. A steal! He figured that nice, wood frame was worth the price and much more.

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The National Geographic campus on M Street Northwest was the site of a Guiness World Record on Wednesday with the longest chain of shoes: 10,512 to be precise.

A disabled construction worker who rescued a 12-year-old from an attacking cougar and a pair of passers-by who saved an elderly woman from being run down by a train are among 26 people awarded Carnegie medals on Wednesday for their heroic acts.

The atmosphere was as icy as the air-conditioning last Sunday as a group of 40 Episcopalians gathered in the basement of a Presbyterian church.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will hold its first hearing Tuesday on cases of detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that granted the terrorism suspects access to federal courts.

The American Civil Liberties Union is using the Justice Department to get details about how federal authorities track people via their cell phones without warrants.

Tiffany was 12 when her mother died. That was the same year she ran away from her sister's house, lived on the streets for six weeks and met the man who two days later became her pimp.