| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Couple's apparent abduction was a hoax | | [Update 8:55 a.m.] An apparent abduction involving a couple in New York City was a hoax, part of a surprise birthday party, New York police said Monday. The people involved came forward and there will be no charges, police said. |
| Who is killing prosecutors in Texas? | | Frayed nerves and a palpable tension cloak this quiet Texas county where the FBI, the Texas Rangers and half a dozen other agencies are on the hunt for the killer or killers bent on taking out top criminal justice officials. |
| S. Korea to North: Don't provoke us | | South Korea's president today warned North Korea that any provocative moves will be met with "a strong response." The U.S. has sent F-22 Raptors to the region. FULL STORY |
| 9 killed in blast, 3 shot in Iraq | | A suicide bomber drove an oil tanker into a police station in central Tikrit on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 20 others, an official with Iraq's interior ministry said. |
| Baseball is back, thank God | | Forget Punxsutawney Phil's predictions. The words "Play ball!" are the most dependable sign that spring has arrived in America. Finally, baseball season is here. |
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