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KENOSHA, Wis. – Someone in Texas apparently had a guilty conscience, paying up on a parking ticket handed out 21 years before. The Kenosha Police Department says officers found a $6 payment for the ticket, issued Jan. 20, 1987, in a drop box. A notice on the ticket indicated that …

BOSTON – A young girl paralyzed by a stray bullet five years ago says she hopes a videotaped apology by her shooter prompts others to turn away from violence. Kai Leigh Harriott and her mother watched the tape made in prison by Anthony Warren. The tape was played during an …

Imagine being trapped in your own body, aware of what’s going on around you but unable to move or even speak. Thanks to a modern technological innovation known as a neural interface — a direct link between the human brain and a computer — there may be hope for sufferers …

SAN FRANCISCO – Guadalupe Benitez claims that after being treated with fertility drugs for nearly a year, her Christian doctors refused to inseminate her because she is a lesbian. She sued and a San Diego County trial judge sided with her. But an appeals court reversed the ruling, and her …

This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” May 6, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. BILL HEMMER, CO-HOST: FOX News Election Alert now: An exclusive on our program tonight, Rudy Giuliani is here. We want to get his reaction to …

ISLES OF SHOALS, N.H. – The Coast Guard is searching off the New Hampshire coast for a 46-year-old lobsterman from Maine. Petty Officer 2nd Class Connie Terrell said an air and water search is under way for Christopher Tobey of Kittery. She said Tobey’s lobster boat, Sav-A-Buck, apparently sank off …

Nearly 50 Livonia, Mich., high school seniors have been suspended for a day and could be banned from prom and commencement for wearing T-shirts that joke about underage drinking. Stevenson High School officials say the messages “Puschin’ It To The Limit” on the front and “Class of .08 Seniors” on …

BALTIMORE – Baltimore police said a city woman was shot in the head and killed after she and her companion refused to give a man a cigarette. 29-year-old Dawn Shipley and a male friend were approached by a man asking for a cigarette shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, according to …

NAIROBI, Kenya – A leading human rights group on Tuesday accused Ethiopian troops in Somalia of killing civilians and committing atrocities, including slitting people’s throats, gouging out eyes and gang-raping women. In a new report, Amnesty International detailed chilling witness accounts of indiscriminate killings in the Horn of Africa country …

BEIJING – Chinese media say Tropical Storm Fengshen has killed at least 14 people in southern China. The storm hit China this past week after killing at least 540 people in the Philippines. Chinese authorities say the storm destroyed more than 1,200 houses and damaged roads, crops and power lines …