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The imam at the center of the controversy over a YMCA-like Islamic center proposed for a site near the World Trade Center says the project will not be stopped.

Detroit fire officials said nearly 20 fires broke out in the city late Tuesday afternoon.

Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm earlier in the day and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife.

A wildfire burning near Boulder, Colo., destroys at least 92 structures and damages another eight. More than 3,000 evacuated.

Investigators found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror, the FBI said Wednesday.

Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open, beating No. 6 seed Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Tuesday.

Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.

Analysis: President Barack Obama's new stimulus plan directs government assistance to some of the strongest parts of the economy without solving the biggest problem: jobs.

James McDonald pitched seven innings, Ronny Cedeno's triple keyed a five-run seventh and the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates beat the slumping Atlanta Braves for the second straight day, winning 5-0 on Tuesday night.

It's refreshing to read a positive update in the saga of Sydney Dalton, the 15-year-old girl who became the target of serious Hatorade after she and two friends made a video the three tearing up Justin Bieber posters.

The Los Angeles sheriff's deputy who arrested Mel Gibson in 2006 sued his department on Tuesday, claiming he has since been ostracized and passed over for promotions by the agency.

Using computer-generated avatars, psychologists say they have unlocked the dance moves that will capture a woman's heart. Apparently the speed of a man's right knee and the size and variety of movements of the neck and torso are key, they suggest.

The 88-year-old performer will be drawn as a cartoon for "Female Force: Betty White," to be produced by Bluewater Productions.

John Lennon's killer was again denied parole in New York, nearly 30 years after gunning down the ex-Beatle outside the musician's New York City apartment building.

O'Neill: Europe is young, talented, experienced ... and has more players in top 20

Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing the chief executive it ousted last month, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp.

A week after conceding the GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is "still in this game."