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Police investigating the fatal shootings of a mother and her young daughter in Madison and the slayings of another woman and young girl found dead in a nearby suburb were searching Friday for the girls' father, whom they identified as a "person of interest" in all four deaths.
Maine police are searching for a maximum-security inmate who was mistakenly released from the county jail.
Detroit police say they've confiscated about $700,000 worth of counterfeit big-brand clothing and apparel during two raids.
The search for the perfect Christmas tree has led Keith and Jennifer Lee on some unexpected adventures but nothing quite like this week's journey into Oregon's high country.
An overcrowded passenger boat capsized in northern Bangladesh on Friday after being hit by a small ferry, leaving at least 46 people dead, police said.
A foreign journalist has been arrested after he made a hoax bomb threat outside the venue where the 2010 World Cup draw is to be held, a police spokesman said Friday.
A look at major attacks in Pakistan since the start of October:
Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said.
South African police arrested two people on Friday for separate hoax threats against the draw for next year's soccer World Cup.
Security forces raided four compounds on Friday belonging to a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in the Philippines' worst political violence, as eight journalists among the victims were buried in a common grave.
Supporters of top Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on Friday urged continued international pressure on Beijing as they prepare to mark the first anniversary of his detention.
Roman Polanski's family waited eagerly at the director's Alpine chalet on Friday, peeking out the windows to look for him as Swiss authorities worked out the last-minute details of his transfer to house arrest.
Roman Polanski's family Friday prepared a welcome for the film director in his Alpine chalet Friday as authorities worked out the last-minute details of his transfer to house arrest.
A top rebel leader from India's northeast surrendered Friday, police said, but peace in the troubled region remained elusive with the group's powerful military wing chief still holding out.
Pakistani officials say at least five people have been killed and two dozen wounded in an attack on a mosque outside the capital.
A verdict is expected for the 22-year-old American student on trial for killing her roommate while studying abroad in Italy
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