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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A judge has denied bond for a 19-year-old girl in a robbery case who first gained notoriety after Palm Beach County police accused her of robbing a Girl Scout. Stefanie Woods made a court appearance Wednesday. The judge ordered her to be held in the …

KABUL – President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan’s beleaguered security forces have theirs. While the new U.S. war strategy was unveiled with worldwide fanfare, Afghan’s defense force has been quietly planning its own troop buildup to break the Taliban’s tightening grip on swathes of the nation. The Afghan …

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Authorities say an explosion at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo has forced students to leave and classes to be canceled. There are no reports of injuries. San Mateo police Lt. Mike Brunicardi says officers received several calls just after 8 a.m. Monday from teachers and …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” April 13, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Now, this Wednesday, April 15 — we call Tim Geithner Day — I’ll be hosting this show from Atlanta’s Tax Day Tea Party and …

English translation of excerpts from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the U.N. racism conference: “Following World War II, they resorted to military aggression to make an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering. They sent migrants from Europe, the United States and other parts of the world …

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Authorities released a videotape Friday showing guards restraining a boy at a juvenile detention boot camp just hours before he died. The parents of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson believe the tape will show guards beat their son to death. They were viewing the 1 hour 20 …

BALTIMORE – A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich acted within the law when he barred state employees from speaking to two writers from the state’s biggest newspaper. The Baltimore Sun had argued that the governor violated the writers’ First Amendment rights by denying them information …

NEW YORK – The Chinese government has canceled the release of “Memoirs of a Geisha” — a decision made amid speculation that officials are worried the sight of Chinese actresses playing Japanese geishas would stir a backlash. The film originally was cleared for distribution on Feb. 9, but the State …

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Ten U.S. service members died when a pair of Marine Corps helicopters from a unit based in North Carolina crashed off the coast of Africa, U.S. military officials confirmed Sunday. The two CH-53E choppers, carrying a dozen crew and troops from a U.S. counterterrorism force, went down …

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. on Friday criticized the Bush administration’s demand to examine millions of its users’ Internet search requests as a misguided fishing expedition that threatens to ruin the company’s credibility and reveal its closely guarded secrets. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company delivered its indignant critique in a …