A Pakistani man is charged with killing his 25-year-old daughter in Georgia because she wanted out of an arranged marriage, police said.

A new fire in northern California is threatening 2,000 structures and may force 5,000 residents to evacuate, a state spokeswoman said. The Camp Fire started Monday night near the city of Concow. It's among 1,780 blazes that have scorched more than 614,000 acres in California in the last two weeks.

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Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his clout behind renewable energy sources like wind power. The legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist today unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States' dependency on foreign oil by more than one-third and help shift American energy production toward renewable natural resources.

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Like millions of others, 37-year-old Wafaa al Nuaimi fled Iraq in the hopes of giving her three children a chance at a better life. But what separates her from the sea of humanity fleeing unimaginable violence is her dedication to her 8-year-old son, Mustafa, who has autism.

Sen. John McCain on Tuesday brushed off skepticism from economists and insisted he could balance the budget by 2013 by keeping taxes low and curbing spending.

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The Vatican said Tuesday it regrets the decision by the Church of England's governing body to allow the ordination of women as bishops.

Hurricane Bertha -- the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season -- began a shift in direction Tuesday morning, a day after growing to Category 3 status, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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The most influential, critically acclaimed, and best-loved Bo Diddley songs of all time... sometimes all at once. From the hits to the obscure, my latest edition of The List...