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Child welfare authorities seized a newborn from a hospital Friday and placed the baby in a foster home because his father is a convicted sex offender.

A judge ruled Friday that proceeds from a $250,000 life insurance policy Scott Peterson took out on his wife, Laci, will go to her mother instead.

Italian carabinieri military police on Sunday arrested a major Sicilian Mafia boss who had been on the run for five years, police said.

The winter rye is already sprouting green in the undulating fields of the state cooperative farm here. The summer’s crop – rye, barley and rapeseed – amounted to 1,400 tons. Best of all, the farm’s director, Vladimir I. Pryzhenkov, said, none of it tested radioactive.

A Florida lighthouse that stood for well over a century has finally succumbed to the forces of nature.

Authorities in Nigeria have confirmed that a missing passenger plane with 114 people aboard has crashed.

Nineteen inmates tunneled their way out of one of Guatemala’s most notorious prisons Saturday, authorities said.

Shares in Google have leapt to record highs after the internet search engine reported bumper quarterly profits.

Senate Democrats Continues 2-to-1 Cash on Hand Advantage Over Senate GOP