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Defense officials say the Pentagon is changing its rules to allow women to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines.

The Washington state Legislature has voted to legalize gay marriage, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.

A federal judge has convicted a Chinese-born American of stealing trade secrets but acquitted him of corporate espionage at a trial in Chicago that highlighted fears about China pilfering U.S. company secrets.

A new report finds that fatal shark attacks worldwide last year reach their highest level in two decades, though there were none in the U.S.

Authorities say a father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged with killing the couple.

Jerry Sandusky wants jurors in his child sex-abuse trial to be chosen from the community where he lives and is suggesting a trial delay may be the best way to address the intense publicity generated by the case.

More than half the doctors in a new survey admit they have described a patient's prognosis in a way they knew was too rosy.

The head of the Transportation Security Administration says more travelers around the country will be eligible to enroll in a test program so that they can get through airport security with less hassle by the end of this year.

Rick Santorum got a surprising sweep of Tuesday night's nominating contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado.

House Speaker John Boehner says if President Barack Obama doesn't reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control, the Congress will.