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ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Police in St. Petersburg say a man robbed an elderly woman and died a short time later. Investigators say an unidentified man committed a strong armed robbery on an elderly woman...

. G20 pathologist reprimanded over conduct . MP asks why first post mortem was held so quickly, and calls for public inquiryThe initial post mortem examination of the man who died at the G20 protests after being attacked by a police officer, which found he had died of a heart attack, was conducted by a forensic pathologist once reprimanded about his professional conduct by the General Medical Council. Ian Tomlinson, a 47-year-old newspaper seller, died on April 1 after being assaulted at least once by officers policing the G20 demonstrations. He had been trying to walk home from work when he was confronted by police, hit with a baton and thrown to the ground.Two days later Home Office pathologist Dr Freddy Patel concluded Tomlinson had died of a heart attack. He has previously been reprimanded by the GMC, after he released medical details about a man who died controversially in police custody.In a second case, which raised questions about Dr Patel's findings, police dropped a criminal

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- U.S. warships are trying to stop Somali pirates from sending reinforcements to a lifeboat where an American captain is being held hostage as the high-seas standoff off Africa's eastern coast entered a fourth day Saturday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the uninsured were a political lobbying group, they'd have more members than AARP. The National Mall couldn't hold them if they decided to march on Washington....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President barack obama doesn't have time for a victory lap now that his Cabinet is finally largely in place....

Edmonton's Kevin Martin is down - but not out - at the world men's curling championship in Moncton, N.B.

Teenager Federico Macheda's brilliant winner last weekend merely papered over the cracks in a Manchester United team floundering in their defence of the Premier League title.

A man police say was driving drunk when he ran a red light and struck a car, killing a Major League Baseball pitcher and two others, has been charged with murder. Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was beginning his first full season in the majors and had pitched six scoreless innings hours earlier. The district attorney said Andrew Thomas Gallo fled the scene but was captured about 30 minutes later.

WASHINGTON - Negotiations are continuing to free an American cargo ship captain held hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia.Captain Richard Phillips remains a hostage in a lifeboat manned by four pirates after a failed escape attempt. Phillips jumped into the sea, apparently trying to reach the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bainbridge, which is [...]

L'AQUILA, ITALY (AP) -- L'Aquila's chief prosecutor announced an investigation into allegations of shoddy construction as workers continued to scour the rubble for people still missing after a devastating earthquake five days ago....