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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) , The six educators killed in the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored Monday by an organization comprised of Medal of Honor recipients. The Congressional...

Internet taxes? Not so fast. A bill that would let states collect Internet sales taxes from online retailers and their customers may have sailed through the Senate, but it is expected to face much more resistance from tax-wary Republicans in the House.

WASHINGTON (AP) , While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized records delivered to the United States will give scholars and the public a fuller view of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist's life.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry.

VIENNA, Ill. (AP) , This is the Illinois that many people never see , the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls and talk of generations who've lived on the same land or in the same villages.

BOSTON (AP) , At least two online campaigns aimed to help David Henneberry buy a new boat after his was shot up while a Boston Marathon bombing suspect hid inside. And a handful of drives have cropped up to help the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old killed in the attack. Neither recipient had anything to do with setting up those fundraisers.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , A limousine traveling on a major bridge over San Francisco Bay burst into flames, killing five women who were trapped inside and injuring four other women who escaped, authorities said Sunday. The limo was carrying the nine women and its driver when it caught fire around 10 p.m.

BOSTON (AP) , Lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn't a flight risk.

NEW YORK (AP) , Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25 when the site opens next year. The exact cost of the mandatory fee has not yet been decided. Entry to the memorial plaza with its twin reflecting pools still will be free.

A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley fired back Friday after it was reported the state's Democratic Party chairman made a snide comment regarding her heritage. Dick Harpootlian, a longtime...

LOS ANGELES (AP) , Iron Man reigns as the standard-bearer of Hollywood superheroes with a $175.3 million domestic opening weekend for his latest sequel and an overseas haul of a half-billion dollars in less than two weeks.

BOSTON (AP) , Lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn't a flight risk.

PHOENIX (AP) , Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) , Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work , from legal documents to public hearings , remains before the names of the nine black teens wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago are officially cleared.

The Kentucky Derby is known as much for hats and high fashion as it is for fast horses. This year, rains are swamping Churchill Downs, but fans on the infield are still holding their heads , and their hats , high. Bigger and bolder is the rule for hats that often dwarf their owners.