Seeking to stem the insider attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan, commanders have scaled back partnered operations in the field between NATO troops and Afghan security forces. The move is being done primarily to ease the risk to coalition troops from the growing number of insider...
Shaun White, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and X-Games star snowboarder, faces charges of vandalism and public intoxication after his arrest at a hotel in Nashville, Tenn. White, 26, reportedly pulled a fire alarm at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel shortly after midnight Sunday morning, forcing...
The Colorado climber criticized for leaving his dog on a mountain has agreed to give up custody of the dog to one of its rescuers. 
A missing California teen was found shot to death in a motel room with a man, and authorities are investigating the deaths as either a double suicide or a murder-suicide. 
Portions of videos that show Republican nominee Mitt Romney at closed-door fundraisers show him using some very different talking points from the ones he tends to use publicly. He is shown the videos saying that “no matter what” he does, 47 percent of the population...
Monty Montgomery had one wish for his 87th birthday. He wanted to go skydiving and he wanted it to be a four-generation family event. 
As the militant group Hezbollah led protests in Beirut today against the U.S. and a controversial anti-Islam movie, Egyptian cleric and talk show host Khaled Abdallah, one of the first to broadcast scenes from the film, said that although he had no regrets, he was...
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A preliminary hearing for accused Chicago bomb plotter Adel Daoud was delayed until Thursday after his attorney was granted more time to review the case. Daoud's attorney, Thomas Durkin, told reporters that he is "suspicious" of the charges against his 18-year-old client, whom he described as "impressionable" and "immature."...
Read more: Neighbor Says Accused Chicago Bomb Plotter 'A Very Nice Guy'
A bear cub in Russia latches onto a man's leg and tries to take a bite.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walked barefoot in the Soloman Islands
An Italian magazine owned by the country's former premier has published more topless photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing despite legal action by the royal family to block publication.
Dina Lohan, the mother of 26-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan, cried and flailed her way through an interview on 'Dr. Phil' today, slurring her speech, making fun of interviewer Phil McGraw, and seeming profoundly disoriented while talking about such subjects as her daughter's arrest record.
Today in Pictures: Sept. 17, 2012 
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