| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| Powerball winner | | The winner of last week's $338 million Powerball jackpot is to appear in a New Jersey court Monday on a warrant for unpaid child support. |
| Prosecutor slayings | | 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. |
| North Korea | | | The South Korean president on Monday warned North Korea that any provocative moves will be met with "a strong response" as the United States deployed stealth fighter jets in the tense region as part of joint military exercises. |
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