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More than a dozen hostages freed by Colombian military forces are reveling in their freedom after being held for years by rebels. Three Americans part of the group are now back in the United States, awaiting a reunion with family. (July 3)
The teenaged children of freed hostage Keith Stansell, say they are excited to hear their dad's voice and give him a big hug. (July 3)
Torch runners carry the Olympic flame on its journey across Shaanxi Province to waving crowds and brightly colored celebrations. (July 3)
Each year thousands of planes are forced to pull up at runways at major American cities. The maneuver is called a 'go around.' As Ted Shaffrey reports, some are concerned about the safety of this practice.
The government's food safety chief says tomatoes may not be the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak that has made hundreds of people sick across the country. (July 2)
Barack and Michelle Obama were back in Chicago, watching their daughter Malia's youth soccer game at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus. Sasha Obama was also there to watch her sister play. (July 2)
A group of dolphins who are in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stick around through the holiday weekend. Officials say the danger of trying to move the dolphins back into the ocean outweighs the risk of letting them stay. (July 2)
Gary Range was sitting in a bar in Granite City, Illinois, when wanted fugitive, Nicholas Sheley, walked in. He tells what happened Tuesday at Bindy's. (July 1)
A man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell, and investigators focused Tuesday on guards at the suburban Maryland jail. Nearby residents expressed disbelief at the apparent vigilante justice. (July 2)
Israeli police say a Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a rampage in Jerusalem, killing at least two people and flipping a bus. (July 2)
A Palestinian man plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45. (July 2)
Colorful ceremonies continue to mark the progress of the Olympic Torch as runners carry the symbol across China. Wednesday, one of the torch bearers was a 93-year-old retired Red Army soldier. (July 2)
In less than a week leading up to his capture Tuesday after a nationwide manhunt, the 28-year-old ex-convict is accused of roaming communities as far as 250 miles apart in Illinois and Missouri and brutalizing eight people. (July 2)
A Subway restaurant outside in Minnesota got a scare Sunday, when a semi-truck plowed into the store. The vehicle's driver was paying for gas when the truck slid out of gear. No injuries were reported. (July 1)
The Olympic torch made its final stop in the autonomous region of Ningxia. 226 torchbearers carried the Olympic flame in a relay style format. (July 1)
Barack Obama and Bill Clinton ended their silence Monday, with the Democratic presidential candidate reaching out and asking the former president to help him win the White House. (July 1)
Maryland authorities say the death of a teen in his jail cell after he was charged with killing a police officer has been ruled a homicide. (July 1)
Police have completed their final report into the disappearance of British child Madeleine McCann but officials have taken no decision yet on whether to proceed with the investigation or close the case. (July 1)
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is petitioning the federal government to unify bumper standards for all vehicles. (July 1)
Police in a western Illinois town say the four people found dead in an apartment may be connected to the death of a man found last week in the trunk of his car. (July 1)
Fire officials say fog and humidity helped them gain ground on a blaze in the Los Padres National Forest that was just 3 percent contained and had blackened nearly 62 square miles near the storied town of Big Sur. (July 1)
Workers picked up debris and toppled tents Monday after a powerful storm struck during an air show in Huntsville, Alabama, killing a 5-year-old spectator. (July 1)
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe attended an African Union summit in Egypt Monday, one day after his inauguration. This comes as western leaders intensify their calls for change in the nation.
Vermont State Police say the uncle of a missing 12-year-old girl has been arrested on unrelated sex charges developed as part of the investigation into her disappearance. (June 30)
A probe into the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl zeroed in on her uncle Monday, with police searching his home while he was being arraigned on sex charges in an unrelated case, authorities said. (June 30)
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai described Robert Mugabe's swearing-in as president as an exercise in self-delusion. Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term on Sunday in an election that has been widely criticized. (June 30)
Bakers say a trans fat ban that goes into effect in New York City on Tuesday will change some of the classic treats that customers crave. (June 30)
A 19-year-old charged in the murder of a Maryland police officer died Sunday. Officers said the prisoner was alert Sunday, but when they brought his lunch he was sitting on the floor of the cell, unresponsive. (June 30)
The Olympic torch continued its tour of China on Monday, travelling through an autonomous region with no sign of protest. The relay set off in Wuzhong, the second stop in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (June 30)
More than 1,000 wildfires continue to burn out of control all over California, including a 40,000 acre fire along the scenic Central Coast town of Big Sur where 30 homes have been destroyed. Correspondent Haven Daley reports. (June 30)
An Associated Press-Yahoo poll suggests 9 in 10 Americans see rising gas prices causing family hardship. Nearly half think that hardship will be serious. (June 30)
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said. (June 29)
Some 60 city vehicles were vandalised in Orlando, Florida with spray paint messages reading 'Obama.' The vandals also left business cards which disparaged both Barack Obama, and John McCain. (June 29)
A cover model for European Vogue has fallen to her death from her Manhattan apartment building in an apparent suicide. The New York Post and Newsday say 20-year-old Ruslana Korshunova died Saturday afternoon in the Financial District. (June 29)
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term Sunday, just hours after government officials said he overwhelmingly won a runoff that has been widely discredited. (June 30)
South Korean protesters clashed violently with riot police Sunday at a rally opposing the resumption of American beef imports. The melee broke out just hours after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice vouched for the health of U.S. cattle. (June 29)
President Bush says religious charities, partly financed with federal money, have helped reduce homelessness, found jobs for former inmates and helped combat malaria and HIV/AIDS overseas. (June 28)
Australian troops who served in Iraq were celebrated at a welcome home parade on Saturday that also marked the withdrawal of the country's combat operations in the war zone. (June 28)
Search warrants unsealed Friday describe what may have been the final moments in the life of a promising college student: Kidnapped after choosing to stay home and study, taken in her own vehicle to be robbed at an ATM, and shot multiple times. (June 28)
Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential runoff has gotten off to a slow start. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of the election this week because of violence in the country. (June 27)
OJ Simpson says if he were anybody else, he wouldn't be going to court to face charges related to an armed robbery in Las Vegas last September. He says the allegations are false and even the alleged victims don't want to see him in jail. (June 27)
A company that sold the foam blamed for fueling a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle lawsuits from survivors and victims' relatives, according to court papers filed Thursday.. (June 27)
North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, according to a news report, a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. (June 27)
Families of the Mexican victims of the plant shooting in Kentucky are turning to the church for support as the struggle to cope with their loss amid a language barrier. (June 27)
The Olympic torch relay hit the streets of China's 'coal city' - Datong, on Friday. The second largest city of China's Shanxi Province, Datong paid tribute to its coal mining heritage.. (June 27)
China's giant pandas, relocated out of the earthquake zone over fears of mud slides, are settling into their new, temporary home. (June 27)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is asking President Bush to declare a federal emergency in the state as it copes with widespread wildfires. This would funnel more resources toward coping with the fires. (June 27)
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama head to the town of Unity, New Hampshire to hold their first joint public appearance. (June 26)
People who live in the small town of Henderson, Kentucky, gathered at the courthouse Wednesday night to hold a prayer vigil for the victims of a man who opened fire at a plastics plant, killing five. (June 26)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million, a decision that could have broader implications for limiting how much courts can order businesses to pay. (June 26)
In a five-day, 16-city crackdown, the FBI says hundreds of people were arrested as "Operation Cross Country" wraps up five years of similar stings targeting a network of pimps who force children into prostitution. (June 26)
President Bush says he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an 'axis of evil.' (June 26)
The mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts says a man slit his throat at a hearing Monday over a complaint involving the death of the man's dog. (June 26)
The Federal Reserve has decided to leave a key interest rate unchanged, bringing an end to a string of consecutive rate cuts aimed at keeping the country out of a deep recession. (June 25)
Pandas living in earthquake-devastated southwest China were being evacuated, on Wednesday, to temporary shelters away from the quake zone due to the ongoing threat of landslides and other hazards. (June 25)
Barack Obama has asked his money bundlers to help Hillary Clinton pay off at least 10 million dollars of the debt from her failed presidential campaign. The former first lady is said to be 22 million dollars in debt. (June 25)
Workers slid the 60th of 120 pre-cast concrete sections into place on the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, keeping them on course for completion months ahead of schedule. (June 25)
Police say the man who opened fire at a western Kentucky plastics plant warned his girlfriend two hours before his rampage that he would kill his boss. (June 25)
Twenty-eight cats and nine dogs arrived at the Washington Animal Rescue League on Tuesday. They were left homeless after the massive flooding in Iowa. (June 25)
US divers are helping search a capsized ferry for survivors and more Navy assets are on the way to the area as relatives of the hundreds still missing protest against the owners of the Princess of the Stars. (June 25)
An Olympic bronze medalist and psychological consultant who helped with the earthquake aftermath were among Wednesday's torch bearers as the Olympic Torch continues its trek across China. (June 25)
Leaders from the U.S. to Europe and Asia are urging leaders in Africa to do more to help quell the political turmoil raging in Zimbabwe. (June 24)
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