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LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters.But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HBO's landmark drama series "The Sopranos" was just one face ...more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say they think a domestic issue prompted a shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded.Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell ide ...more

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been served a summons to appear in a South African court following allegations he sexually abused young girls he coached decades ago, prosecutors told The Associated Press on Thursda ...more

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. TALIBAN OFFERS TO FREE US SOLDIER FOR GITMO DETAINEESThe AP's Kathy Gannon reports the Afghan Taliban says U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Berg ...more

Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position.""I am currently reaching out t ...more

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer.Arias was found ...more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs. Dogs that weren't caught were covered in mange and parasites. Some froze. Some starved. In packs, they survived be eating each o ...more

MILFORD, Mass. (AP) — He parks his silver Mercedes-Benz sedan behind his condo, below a deck decorated with white and pink flowers, where a couple of small dogs bark at the few passers-by.It's inside this wooded golf course community where neigh ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Thursday that it has bought a minority stake in the live video service Bambuser, boosting its ability to acquire and distribute video collected by people who have witnessed news events.Financial terms we ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made a quick-thinking save Wednesday when she caught a baby who had tumbled off of a second-floor Brooklyn apartment's fire escape, the baseball great has confirmed.Cristi ...more