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Egypt's antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,500-year-old settlement in a desert oasis, showing the existence of vibrant desert trade routes.

A high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent people as possible had no intent to promote terrorism.

Colorado's once missing moon rock is about to go on public display.

A prisoner who escaped from police and swam across Australia's Brisbane River was recaptured nearly seven hours later while downing a beer at a pub, police and hotel employees said Wednesday.

The camera of a vacationing New Jersey family who posed for a picture in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol captured more than smiles. It also caught a thief in the act.

It wasn't tough to identify the suspects in a break-in at a rural home at Washington state. The bare facts were right there.

Police say a man living in Germany was shot in the back of his head, but that it took him five years to realize it.

A leading pest control company has released a list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities, and New York, Philadelphia and Detroit have scratched their way to the top.

China has just been declared the world's second biggest economy, and now it has a monster traffic jam to match.

Mexico pitcher Eduardo Mata shows big league power at the Little League World Series when his throw shatters a TV camera behind home plate.

After years of caring for her aging in-laws, a woman wants more from her marriage.

Blacks talk twice as much as whites on their cell phones, and women talk and text more than men, according to an analysis of wireless bills by the Nielsen Co.

Police in Millinocket, Maine, are puzzled as to why the town's late police chief had a realistic looking fake bomb in his home.

Levi Johnston, the father of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, has filed papers to run for office in his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, next year.

A 2-foot-long alligator has been spotted under a car in New York City.

A 3-foot alligator, sporting a collar around its neck, has been found aimlessly strolling a Massachusetts city. Firefighter Scott Hurst spotted the out-of-place tan reptile Sunday as it quietly crossed a street in Brockton, 25 miles south of Boston.

They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy's popular beaches.

Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter - for now.

A copper casting of the tip of the Statue of Liberty's nose is among a collection of iconic items that will be auctioned off next month in New York City.

A Texas teenager who broke curfew is headed for a reluctant adventure in baby-sitting.