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TOLEDO, Ohio – A drifter accused of abducting and killing an Ohio teenager 41 years ago appeared in a Toledo courtroom for the first time Tuesday and was ordered held on $500,000 bond. Robert Bowman did not have an attorney and said nothing during his brief arraignment on an aggravated …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Pirates who seized an arms-laden Ukrainian vessel off the Somali coast lined up the 20 captive crewmen on the ship’s deck to show a nearby American naval patrol that they were in good health, a U.S. Navy spokesman said Monday. Pirates hijacked the MV Faina …

LOS ANGELES – The federal Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday left the royalty that songwriters receive on sales of CDs and digital downloads at 9.1 cents per song for the next five years. Both songwriters and music sellers applauded the ruling — but for different reasons. Apple Inc., which had …