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Brazilian officials yesterday put the death toll from floods and mudslides to 41 people with several others missing. Close to 70,000 were driven from their homes in two southeastern states.

Few voters straggled to polls yesterday to elect local councils in a northeastern Nigerian state battling Islamic militants who say democracy in corruption-riddled Nigeria is an enemy of the people.

CAIRO (AP):A bomb blast hit a public bus in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, yesterday, wounding five people, the Interior Ministry said, in an attack that raised concerns that a wave of violence, blamed on Islamic militants that has targeted security...

Holdouts in Utah now letting gay couples wedSALT LAKE CITY (AP):The last of the Utah counties that were holding out on issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples reversed course yesterday and decided to hand out licenses to all...

NEW YORK (AP)Tomi Tuel remembers a particularly vexing Christmas after her divorce.

WASHINGTON (AP):Whether you love it or hate it or are just plain confused by it, you've got to give the health-care law this much: There's plenty of drama.The nail biting goes on.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP): Iowa's law enforcement academy doesn't provide training on when or how officers should use stun guns, but a series of lawsuits has convinced some lawmakers that the Legislature should look at the issue.More than 265 Iowa law...

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is due to go on trial on treason charges

UNITED NATIONS (AP):UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ghana's former president, John Kufuor, and Norway's former prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, to help lead "political will and action" on climate change ahead of a global...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Owners of the 1970s-era gas-guzzling trucks and sedans that have long reigned over Caracas's smog-filled roadways will soon have to pay a bit more to keep flaunting their energy-inefficient monsters.As an economic crisis drains...

NEW YORK (AP):The United States (US) is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information.

Judge Amir Assem found Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohammed Adel, founders of the April 6 youth movement, guilty of violating the law passed last month. Each of them also faces fines of $7,250.