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Meltdown 101: Bankruptcy won't help much

Can filing for bankruptcy help homeowners facing foreclosure? For most people, trying to negotiate changes in their loan with help from a housing counselor or lawyer is a far better option.

North Korea releases Kim Jong Il's pictures

North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery.

Troopergate panel: Palin abused authority

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday.

NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot

Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."

Golden Gate Bridge officials vote for suicide nets

Golden Gate Bridge officials voted overwhelmingly Friday to hang stainless steel nets from the sides of the world-famous span in an effort to stop people from jumping to their deaths.

O.J. Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Vegas

Lawyers for O.J. Simpson are citing judicial errors and insufficient evidence as they seek a new trial. They filed documents Friday in Las Vegas with Judge Jackie Glass.

Scientists: Shark's pup a 'virgin birth'

In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female blacktip shark in a Virginia aquarium contained no genetic material from a male.

Report: NSA listened in on personal military calls

The Senate Select Intelligence Committee is looking into allegations from two U.S. military linguists that the government routinely listened in on phone calls of American military and humanitarian aid workers serving overseas.

Teen abandoned at hospital to 'teach her a lesson'

An Iowa teenager who was abandoned at an Omaha hospital under Nebraska's safe-haven law is back home after her grandparents dropped her off to teach her a lesson but soon changed their minds, officials said Thursday.

Crane collapses on kindergarten, killing 5 children

The children were playing outside and were killed by falling bricks as the crane crashed onto the kindergarten in Zibo city in Shandong province and damaged its roof, Xinhua said.