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Details: Written by Larry Neumeister, Associated Press; Published: 21 April 2014

A Seattle man told a jury Friday that an Egyptian cleric on trial on terrorism charges is the 'very angry' imam he met in London years ago

Details: Written by JAKE PEARSON and TOM HAYS, Associated Press; Published: 16 April 2014

Muslim groups and civil liberties advocates applauded the decision by New York Police Department officials to disband a controversial unit that tracked the daily lives of Muslims as part of efforts to detect terrorism threats

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 15 April 2014

The deadline for filing taxes is midnight Tuesday. Here are five things to consider as the deadline nears

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Details: Written by Nedra Pickler, Associated Press; Published: 14 April 2014

No single group will be more important to Democrats' fortunes, say White House advisers, than unmarried women

Details: Written by Maria Sudekum, Associated Press; Published: 14 April 2014

Frazier Glenn Cross is a former Ku Klux Klan leader

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 11 April 2014

A half-century after the passage of sweeping civil rights legislation, President Barack Obama lauded Lyndon B. Johnson in Texas

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 11 April 2014

A college visit by more than 40 high school students turned tragic when a FedEx tractor-trailer veered across a grassy highway median and slammed into their bus in a fiery wreck that left 10 people dead

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 07 April 2014

Stone served as a Tuskegee airman and a journalism professor at University of North Carolina

Details: Written by Alex Veiga, AP Real Estate Writer; Published: 07 April 2014

A 6 percent rise in rents between 2000 and 2012 is worsened by a 13 percent drop in income among renters nationwide

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Details: Written by Connie Cass, Associated Press; Published: 07 April 2014

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