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The State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas says it has unconfirmed reports that 11 volunteer firefighters from West, Texas, are unaccounted for and are believed to be among the 12 people who died in the explosion. The town's fire department lost three ...

Just a day after fleeing an Islamabad courtroom, former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is under arrest. He's been accused of high treason and for unlawfully putting dozens of judges under house arrest in 2007.

Musharraf reappeared in another courtroom this morning, where a judge declared that he should be

Grammy-winning gospel singer George Beverly Shea died in Asheville, North Carolina last night after a brief illness. He was 104.

Shea was best known as the singing soloist for Billy Graham, whose organization released a statement mourning Shea's death. Graham says he first met the singer in 1943 in ...

By a vote of 77 to 44, lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a new law permitting same-sex marriage. The bill was adopted after its third reading and is to take effect in August, according to the New Zealand Herald.

Sponsor Louisa Wall, a lesbian member of the New ...

Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- Boston Marathon Explosions: Wednesday's Developments.

-- For Thatcher, 'A Great Calm' After A Life Of Controversy.

And here are more early headlines:

"Senator Says Police Have Suspect In Mind In Intercepted Toxic Letter." (Associated Press)

"Denver Area Getting Socked ...

Five earthquakes rocked central Oklahoma early today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The most powerful tremor struck at about 2:00, central time this morning, northeast of Luther. That's a little less than 30 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The quake's magnitude was 4.2. Other tremors had magnitudes between ...

With so much attention given to the violent bombings in Boston, Virginia Tech is remembering a terrible tragedy of its own today. It's been six years since shooter Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 17 on the Virginia Tech campus, and then shot himself to death. Today, his victims ...

Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- Boston Marathon Explosions: Latest Developments.

-- NPR.org Hacked; 'Syrian Electronic Army' Takes Credit.

-- Strong Earthquake Shakes Iran, Near Pakistan Border.

And here are more early headlines:

"At Least 5 Earthquakes Rock Oklahoma; No Injuries Reported." (The ...

If we're lucky, there could be a brilliant aurora borealis display tonight for those people living in the northern U.S.

Last Thursday, the sun ejected a strong solar flare, followed quickly by a mass of plasma and charged particles. The Los Angeles Times reports it's the solar ejection that will ...

A few days after Rehtaeh Parsons' mother turned off the hospital life support systems and allowed her daughter to die, computer activists claiming to be affiliated with the hacker group Anonymous are threatening to reveal the identities of Parsons' alleged rapists.

It's the latest twist in a heartbreaking case that ...

Good Friday morning, here are our early headlines:

Kerry Warns North Korea, But Holds Out Hope For Diplomacy.

Dodgers' $147 Million Ace Greinke Breaks Collarbone In Brawl.

And here are more early headlines:

Deadly Spring Storm Exits Midwest, Heads South. (AP)

Authorities Intercept Suspicious Package ...

Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- 'He Saved Hundreds': Army Chaplain To Get Medal Of Honor

-- Wild Weather Warning: Tornadoes, Heavy Snows, High Winds

-- Will North Korea Claim Victory And Stand Down?

And here are more early headlines:

-- "U.S. Senate Poised For ...

Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks is jailed in San Bernadino County, Calif., following a high-speed freeway chase with Barstow police and members of the California Highway Patrol. Just hours earlier, Brooks had been kicked out of the lower house of the Nevada State Legislature for making threats and behaving erratically.

Oklahoma's health department is contacting some 7,000 patients of Tulsa-area dentist Dr. W. Scott Harrington to warn them they may have been exposed to "blood-borne viruses."

Officials are urging former patients to get screened for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after an investigation of Harrington's office found rusty instruments ...

It's Good Friday, one of the holiest days of the Christian year, when tradition holds that Jesus was crucified and died.

Pope Francis is marking the day at the Vatican by reciting the story of the hours before Jesus' death, says CNN. In Jerusalem's Old City today, Christian pilgrims ...

Good Friday morning, here are our early stories:

Satellite Image Shows 'Incredible' Storm Stretching Across North Atlantic.

Actor Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon in 'Harry Potter' Movies, Dies.

'Cuse Control And 2 Other Things To Say About Basketball Today.

And here are more early headlines:

Christians Observe Good ...

A mortar shell hit part of Damascus University in Syria's capital on Thursday, killing at least 10 students and wounding a number of others, according to the official Syrian news agency, which says the shell fell on an outdoor café in the architecture department.

NPR's Susannah George is following ...

Now he can catch up with his bills. Pedro Quezada of New Jersey claimed the fourth-largest jackpot in the history of the Powerball multistate lottery on Tuesday. Instead of taking the $338 million dollar prize in installments, he opted for a one-time lump sum payment of $211 million, which ...

Good morning, here are our early stories:

Banks In Cyprus Reopen As Island's Economy Hits Reboot.

Judge Rules Pistorius Can Leave South Africa.

And here are more early headlines:

U.S. Stealth Bombers Take Practice Run Over South Korea. (New York Times)

Nelson Mandela Readmitted To ...

There's nothing like encouragement to help you succeed. Or maybe you can just create it for yourself. Baylor's Brittney Griner had both Tuesday night as her top-seeded team blew past Florida State 85-47. She had a double double: 33 points and 22 rebounds, as Encourager-In-Chief and former President George W. ...