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Records: Ohio kidnapping suspect had faced allegations of assault, threats

CLEVELAND - Records reveal the man charged with holding three women captive for about a decade had been accused of threatening his neighbours, attacking his common law wife and of committing violations during his career as a school bus driver.

Suspect in Colorado cinema shooting case asks judge to change plea to insanity

DENVER - The suspect in the deadly Colorado cinema shootings asked a judge Monday to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, a move that is widely seen as James Holmes' best hope of avoiding the death penalty.

Boston marathon bombing survivor in post-explosion photo wants other victims to be remembered

BOSTON - The image showed James "Bim" Costello staggering away from the Boston Marathon bombing, his jeans shredded and blackened, his body so burned that he was left needing pig skin grafts on most of his right arm and right leg.

TV news veteran Barbara Walters retiring from on-air television next year

NEW YORK, N.Y. - TV news pioneer Barbara Walters said Monday that retirement from her epochal television career is near, but it's not happening right away.

Guitar-playing astronaut bows out of space station with music video of Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."

Police vow to solve shooting that wounded 19 people during Mother's Day parade in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - A medical student who witnessed the shooting that wounded 19 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans said Monday the gunman appeared to be firing in a controlled manner, but it wasn't clear if he was trying to hit specific people.

President Barack Obama dismisses Republican criticism of handling of Libya attack a side show

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow.

Prospective Pakistani PM wants 'good relations' with US, calls drones challenge to sovereignty

RAIWIND, Pakistan - Pakistan's presumptive new prime minister said Monday that Islamabad has "good relations" with the United States, but called the CIA's drone campaign in the country's tribal region a challenge to national sovereignty.

AP IMPACT: Global automakers' deadly cars drive up Brazil's traffic fatalities

SAO PAULO - The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world.

Myanmar state TV says president to make 1st state visit to US in nearly 50 years as ties warm

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar state television announced Monday that reformist President Thein Sein will make a state visit to the United States in the near future, the first by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and a sign of warming ties.

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