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LISBON, Portugal – Amy Winehouse, in her first concert since leaving rehab, showed up almost an hour late, appeared distracted and had visible cuts on her arm and a bandage on her hand. Her performance in front of 90,000 people, at an outdoor performance at a music festival in Lisbon, …

Civilian and military detectives are now treating the death of a Fort Bragg soldier as a homicide, although authorities have not determined the cause of her death, police said Monday. Authorities have a person of interest in the case of Army Spc. Megan Lynn Touma’s death. That person of interest …

BERLIN – Germany is contemplating its response to a Rome court’s ruling that Berlin must pay compensation to survivors of a Nazi massacre in Greece and to thousands of Italian forced laborers, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger told reporters that Germany is working with Italy …

YONGBYON, North Korea – North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. An explosion at the base of the cylindrical structure sent …

FRESNO, Calif. – The valedictorian at Fresno’s Bullard High School won’t be attending college in the United States this fall because he’s scheduled to be deported. Arthur Mkoyan’s 4.0 grade-point average qualified him to enter one of the state’s top universities. But the 17-year-old and his mother have been ordered …

WASHINGTON – A leading Homeland Security Department investigator said Thursday his office is re-examining the conclusions of a probe that exonerated the government in the case of a Canadian engineer who was seized by U.S. officials, sent to Syria and allegedly tortured. The chief of internal investigations at the Homeland …

Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it received Food and Drug Administration approval to expand the use of its fastest-growing drug, the antidepressant Cymbalta. Regulators approved Cymbalta to treat fibromyalgia, a chronic pain disorder. The drug already is approved for diabetic nerve pain, major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. …

Pets can serve as wonderful companions – and owning one certainly has many physical and mental health benefits. However, with the summer months upon us, it is likely your pets will be spending more time outdoors, leaving them prone to zoonotic diseases – diseases that can be transmitted from animals …

JERUSALEM – Authors of Palestinian school textbooks took small steps toward softening their portrayal of Israel under the rule of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas — but progress was quickly reversed after the militant Islamic Hamas took over, according to a report released on Tuesday. The report by the Institute …

CHANTILLY, Virginia – Two United Airlines planes are being inspected after their wings touched at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. Officials say there are no reports of injuries. Rob Yingling, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, says a Boeing 737 and a smaller Embraer aircraft were preparing …