Iranian security forces stormed a series of opposition offices on Monday, rounding up at least seven prominent anti-government activists in a new crackdown against the country's reformist movement, opposition Web sites and activists reported....
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The New Year's Eve crystal ball that drops in Times Square will have a new kind of sparkle when it descends at the stroke of midnight Thursday. (Dec. 21)
Officials at Reagan National Airport have reopened a terminal that was closed after a broken pipe caused flooding. The flooding Saturday was ankle deep in the terminal C baggage claim area. (Dec. 27)
A Nigerian man was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner. AP correspondent Corey Williams describes the scene at the hospital where the suspect is recovering from burns. (Dec. 26)
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle visited with a military family having dinner at the Kaneohe Marine Corps base in Hawaii, near where the first family is spending their Christmas vacation. (Dec. 26)
A Northwest Airlines passenger landing in Detroit on Friday tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said. (Dec. 25)
Two vehicles collided in front of a church in Ohio where a crowd watched a live nativity scene. At least one person person was killed and another was seriously injured. (Dec. 25)