MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A lifelong con man accused of starting a fake university and churning out fake diplomas - while in prison in Wisconsin - appeared in court Tuesday to face a fraud charge, years after the complex scheme was uncovered.

ATLANTA (AP) -- For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, government health officials said Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Suleiman al-Nahdi waits with dozens of other prisoners in a seemingly permanent state of limbo five years after he was cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared to struggle Monday with what to do about holding elections in Texas for the state legislature and Congress in a case that could affect the federal Voting Rights Act and even the balance of power in the House.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former employee is alleging workers were routinely subjected to racial discrimination at a California car dealership partially owned by former Denver Broncos star John Elway.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A 25-year-old man from the former Yugoslavia was charged with plotting a radical Islamic attack on crowded locations around Tampa, including nightclubs and a sheriff's office, with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives, federal authorities said Monday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina panel is tasked with answering a question that has not been answered before, and seems to not have one: How do you repay people for taking away their ability to have children?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year's Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California girl who became a nationally recognized face of child cancer with a blog that chronicled her fight against brain tumors has died. Jessica Joy Rees was 12 years old.