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CONNECTICUT (AP):A grief-stricken Newtown began burying the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting with two six-year-old boys, one of them a big football fan, the other described as a whip-smart youngster whose twin sister survived the...

MIAMI (AP):Schools around the country are reviewing security plans and in some cases adding extra law- enforcement patrols to prepare for the first day of classes since a shooting massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut.

CONNECTICUT, United States (AP):A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong.

The school superintendent's office says the district has locked down schools to ensure the safety of students and staff.

HONG KONG (AP): Flight attendants at Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways are threatening to withhold food, alcohol ...

WASHINGTON (AP):White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections, part of a historic shift that is already reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate.The official projection, released...

Reports suggest the rocket followed its planned trajectory, with stages falling in expected areas.

The president has said he will undergo cancer surgery in Havana in the coming days.

SEATTLE (AP): On the day marijuana became legal in Washington, two masked intruders were killed at a luxury home near Puyallup where marijuana was being grown, the Pierce County sheriff's office said.The homeowner called just before 8 a.m...

The BBC reports that Clifford was arrested by Metropolitan Police officers working on Operation Yewtree.

KAMPALA (AP): An audacious scam in which up to US$13 million in donor money was embezzled in the office of Uganda's prime minister has brought several European donors to freeze aid to Uganda, the kind of action long demanded by transparency campaigners who charge that the money encourages a corrupt system.

LONDON (AP): Two Australian radio disc jockeys apologised yesterday after impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in a prank call and getting a London hospital to tell them all about Kate Middleton's condition.