Appeals court rules against Oregon high school teacher who wants to take her gun to class. The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at school, the latest legal setback for the teacher who says she needs the gun for protection from her former husband.

Los Angeles man who claimed disability spotted on TV show, sentenced for tax, insurance fraud. California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

GOP congressmen criticize settlement with Sacramento mayor's nonprofit over use of grants. Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson that had been accused of misspending government grants.

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PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo held its first elections on Sunday since declaring independence from Serbia last year, with unemployment, corruption, poor infrastructure and low investment the biggest issues for voters.

Mexico announces plan for big Gulf tourism center near Texas border. Mexico is planning a big new tourism center near the U.S. border along the Gulf of Mexico.

Kosovo holds peaceful 1st vote since independence, Serbs take part despite call to boycott. Kosovo's first independent elections have ended peacefully, with the prime minister claiming his party won convincingly and some minority Serbs ignoring a call to boycott and casting ballots alongside ethnic Albanians.

Kosovo's two coalition parties claimed victory in the country's first election since declaring independence as the election commission postponed Monday releasing complete results.

US President Barack Obama declared on Monday that China and the United States need not be adversaries, in a town hall meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the greatest threats to the United States continued to be terrorist networks like al Qaeda.

US President Barack Obama declared on Monday that China and the United States need not be adversaries, in a town hall meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's call on Monday for Internet freedom in China met with wariness and cynicism from many Chinese Internet users, suggesting his effort to win over the country's youth has some way to go.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's call on Monday for Internet freedom in China met with wariness and cynicism from many Chinese Internet users, suggesting his effort to win over the country's youth has some way to go.

London is one of the most expensive places to live on the planet, but it is also home to tens of thousands of empty properties -- and some people are taking matters into their own hands.

London is one of the most expensive places to live on the planet, but it is also home to tens of thousands of empty properties -- and some people are taking matters into their own hands.

London is one of the most expensive places to live on the planet, but it is also home to tens of thousands of empty properties -- and some people are taking matters into their own hands.

It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.

AP IMPACT: Thousands in Kenya allegedly recruited to fight for Somali government. The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas, and driven through the night.

Gunmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer near the Yemeni capital and want to exchange him for an arrested fellow tribesman, a local official said on Monday.

US President Barack Obama Monday admitted in China that he had never used Twitter but said sites like the micro-blogging network should be available everywhere, even though his hosts restrict its use.